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Twelve  Tissue  Remedies 

OF 

SCHUSSLER, 

COMPRISING      THE     THEORY,     THERAPEUTIC       APPLICATION, 

MATERIA  MEDICA,  AND  A  COMPLETE  REPERTORY 

OF  THESE  REMEDIES. 

HOM030PATHICALLY  AND  BlO-CHEMICALLY  CONSIDERED. 


WILLIAM  BOERICKE,  M.  D., 

Professor  of  Materia  Medica  and  Therapeutics  in  the  Hahnemann  Hospital  College,  of 

San  Francisco,  Member  of  the  California  State  Homoeopathic 

Medical  Society,  American  Institute  of 

Homoeopathy,  etc., 


WILLIS  A.^DEWEY,  M.  D., 

Professor  of  Materia  Medica  in  the.   University    of  Michigan   Homoeopathic  Medical 

College,  Corresponding  Member  of  the  British  Homoeopathic  Medical 

Society  and  of  La  Societe  Francaise  d'  Homoeopathie, 

Member  of  American  Institute  of 

Homoeopathy,  etc. 


Fourth  Edition,  Rewritten  and  Enlarged. 


PHILADELPHIA  : 

BOERICKE  &  TAFEL. 
1899. 


32369 


COPYRIGHT   BY   BOERICKE   &   TAFEL. 
1899. 

TWO  COPIES  RECEIVED. 


T.  B.  &  H.  B.  COCHRAN,  PRINTERS, 
LANCASTER,  PA. 


PREFACE. 


The  steadily  increasing  demand  for  this  work  has  exhausted 
three  large  editions  and  necessitated  the  preparation  of  a  fourth 
edition.  What  was  intended  originally  as  a  mere  suggestive 
guide  to  the  use  of  a  set  of  valuable  remedies  has  developed  by 
the  demands  of  the  profession  into  a  volume  comprising  the  whole 
of  our  present  therapeutic  knowledge  of  the  so-called  Twelve 
Tissue  Remedies. 

Compilation  largely  from  every  available  source  has  to  supple- 
ment the  authors'  personal  experience  and  knowledge  of  these 
remedies.  All  the  published  data  have  been  made  use  of  but 
thoroughly  sifted  and  critically  examined.  Thus  presented,  we 
believe  this  fourth  edition  will  be  found  a  reliable  guide  to  the 
use  of  the  Tissue  Remedies  in  disease,  not  only  as  far  as  possible, 
according  to  the  distinctive  theory  of  Schiissler,  as  corrected  and 
modified  by  him  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  but  especially  ac- 
cording to  the  finer  and  more  discriminating  method  of  Hahne- 
mann. Seven  German  editions  of  Schiissler's  "  Abgekiirzte 
Therapie"  have  been  published  since  the  last  edition  of  this 
work  was  issued,  the  therapeutic  development  of  these  remedies 
has  made  wonderful  strides,  and  our  periodical  literature  during 
the  past  few  years  has  contained  many  records  of  cures  wrought 
by  them.  All  this  has  been  incorporated  and  this  work,  in  its 
present  complete  and  revised  form,  is  the  only  adequate  presenta- 
tion of  the  therapeutic  possibilities  of  the  Tissue  Remedies  in  our 
school. 

We  trust  that  the  same  consideration  accorded  to  previous  edi- 
tions will  be  extended  to  this  by  an  indulgent  profession. 

William  Boericke,  M.  D., 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 
W.  A.  Dewey,  M.  D., 

Ann  Arbor,  Mich, 
January  i,  18pp. 


Preface  to  First  Edition. 


The  following  treatise  on  the  Twelve  Tissue  Remedies  con- 
tains all  that  Schiissler  himself  wrote  on  the  subject,  and  em- 
bodies as  well  the  whole  published  experience  of  the  homoeo- 
pathic school  in  their  use,  besides  much  original  matter  from 
some  of  our  homoeopathic  practitioners  now  published  for  the 
first  time.  Our  aim  has  been  to  give  to  the  profession  a  complete 
work  on  the  subject,  because  we  recognize  the  great  value  and 
importance  of  the  Tissue  Remedies,  and  in  doing  this  our  work 
necessarily  was  one  mostly  of  compilation  and  arrangement. 
Every  available  source  from  the  whole  of  our  journalistic  litera- 
ture and  Society  proceedings  has  been  made  to  pay  tribute  to  us; 
and  however  imperfect,  fragmentary  and  crude  the  present  work 
is,  we  know  that  it  is  complete,  so  far  as  present  circumstances 
will  permit. 

We  believe  that  the  only  hope  for  the  future  development  of 
these  magnificent  remedies  lies  in  their  study,  mainly  according  to 
the  method  of  Homoeopathy;  that  they  should  all  be  as  carefully 
proved  as  Natrum  mur.  and  Silicea  already  are,  and  that  the 
results  of  such  provings  alone  will  furnish  the  most  accurate  in- 
dications for  their  therapeutic  uses.  Only  by  careful  provings 
will  the  permanency  of  these  remedies  be  secured,  and  they  them- 
selves be  preserved  from  the  possible  fate  of  so  many  newly  intro- 
duced remedies. 

Thorough  and  systematic  proving  of  drugs  on  the  healthy  is  the 
one  true  method  for  the  development  of  our  Materia  Medica:  but 
this,  from  its  very  excellence,  is  a  thing  of  slow  growth,  and  the 
temptation  could  not  be  resisted  to  seek  other  and  shorter  methods, 
always  more  or  less  questionable,  but  sometimes  yielding  ad- 
mirable results.  The  most  important  of  such  deviations  from  the 
strictly  classical  method  of  proving  on  the  healthy  was  the  ac- 
ceptance of  Clinical  Symptoms;  used  cautiously,  this  source  can 
be  of  inestimable  value,  as  much  of  our  clinical  experience  proves. 

Why  may  not  the  same  results  follow,  by  accepting  tentatively, 


6  PREFACE. 

and  for  the  time,  Schiissler's  theories  of  the  respective  spheres  of 
actions  of  his  remedies  and  the  indications  based  thereon,  which, 
to  say  the  least,  are  bold  and  often  brilliant  recommendations  for 
their  employment  in  disease  ? 

Here,  in  the  absence  of  regular  provings  of  them,  we  can  avail 
ourselves  of  this  source  and  enrich  our  Materia  Medica  with  some 
remedies  that  will  compare  favorably  with  many  polychrests. 

Whatever  opposition  there  may  be  in  our  ranks  to  Schiissler's 
methods,  because  it  is  not  pure  homoeopathic  practice,  we  believe 
would  speedily  disappear  if  all  critics  could  join  in  proving  and 
confirming  these  valuable  remedies,  introduced  first  to  American 
Homoeopathy  by  our  own  Hering,  who  surely  could  not  be  ac- 
cused of  fathering  and  furthering  anything  absolutely  mongrel 
and  detrimental  to  the  best  interests  of  our  school. 

We  do  not  sympathize  with  the  attempt  of  Schiissler  and  a  few 
others  to  look  upon  the  Tissue  Remedies  as  being  sufficient  for  all 
purposes  —  provings  alone  can  verify  this.  For  the  present,  we 
think,  with  Dr.  J.  C.  Morgan,  that  Schiissler  throws  away  a  great 
and  necessary  complement  to  his  Materia  Medica  in  discarding  all 
organic  drugs,  as  Bellad.,  Hyos.,  Aeon.,  etc  ,  which  really  make 
the  Tissue  Remedies  more  valuable,  acting  as  the  opposite  blade 
of  the  scissors;  without  these  they  would  often  remain  incom- 
plete in  curative  action  and  might  be  blamed  for  the  inevitable. 
We,  therefore,  have  included  in  our  study  of  the  Materia  Medica 
the  homoeopathic  relationship,  at  present  merely  suggestive,  but 
a  department  which,  we  hope,  will  be  greatly  enlarged  at  some 
future  time. 

To  those  who,  by  kind  encouragement  and  contributions  of 
clinical  cases  and  observations,  have  given  us  valuable  assistance 
in  the  preparation  of  the  present  volume,  we  desire  to  express 
our  gratitude  and  indebtedness,  prominent  among  whom  are  Prof. 
Samuel  Lilienthal,  who  kindly  placed  his  valuable  library  at 
our  disposal;  Professors  J.  C.  Morgan,  S.  Powell  Burdick,  C.  B. 
Currier,  Henry  C.  Houghton,  Wm.  E.  Leonard,  and  Drs.  Horace 
F.  Ivins,  C.  E.  Fisher,  A.  P.  Davis,  I.  E.  Nicholson,  G.  H. 
Martin,  and  many  others  whose  names  are  mentioned  throughout 
the  work. 

William  Boericke,  M.  D. 
W.  A.  Dewey,  M.  D. 

San  Francisco,  Jan.  2,  1888. 


Preface  to  the  Second  Edition. 


The;  present  edition  has  been  thoroughly  revised  and  enlarged 
by  the  addition  of  all  the  facts  relating  to  the  Tissue  Remedies 
that  have  accumulated  for  the  past  two  years.  In  its  present 
state,  the  book  represents  the  complete  presentation  of  the  Bio- 
chemical Treatment  of  Disease  by  means  of  the  Twelve  Tissue 
Remedies.  In  order  not  to  increase  unnecessarily  the  bulk  of  the 
volume,  a  number  of  the  clinical  cases  of  the  previous  edition 
have  been  omitted,  to  make  room  for  new  matter  and  fresh  clinical 
illustrations  by  the  best  authorities.  The  Materia  Medica  part  of 
the  work  has  been  brought  up  to  date  by  the  incorporation  of  the 
results  of  late  provings,  and  we  feel  indebted  especially  to  Dr.  H. 
C.  Allen,  of  the  Medical  Advance,  Hering's  Guiding  Symptoms, 
and  Prof.  T.  F.  Allen's  magnificent  work,  the  Handbook  of 
Materia  Medica,  which  include  much  of  interest  about  these 
remedies.  These  Tissue  Remedies  are  too  precious  to  be  used 
only  on  the  pathological  indications  laid  down  by  Schiissler:  they 
all  merit  careful  proving  in  order  to  obtain  the  finer  and  more 
distinctive  points  for  their  therapeutic  application;  this  has  been 
done  with  several,  and  will  undoubtedly  be  carefully  done  with 
all.  Not  until  then  will  the  Twelve  Tissue  Remedies  take  their 
rightful  position  permanently  in  our  Materia  Medica,  and  prove 
to  be  polychrests  of  the  highest  order. 

We  trust  that  this  work,  in  its  present  revised  form,  will  meet 

with  as  favorable  reception  as  was  accorded  to  the  first  edition. 

William  Boericke,  M.  D. 

W.  A.  Dewey,  M.  D. 
San  Francisco,  Jan.  2,  18 go. 


IO  PREFACE. 

kindly  and  disinterestedly  helped  the  preparation  of  the  present 
volume  by  furnishing  us  with  clinical  material  and  observations. 

William  Boericke,  M.  D. 
Willis  A.  Dewey,  M.  D. 
San  Francisco,  Sept.  i,  1892. 


Table  of  Contents. 


General  Introduction,  History,  The  Theory,  Health  and  Disease, 
Preparation,  Dose,  Biochemic  and  Homoeopathic  Relation- 
ship, etc. 

II. 

Materia  Medica  of  the  Twelve  Tissue  Remedies,  Symptoms,  Com- 
mon Name,  Chemical  Data,  Preparation,  Physiologico-Chem- 
ical  Data,  General  Action,  Characteristic  Indications, 
Homoeopathic  Data,  Administration,  Relationship,  etc. 


III. 


Therapeutic  Application  of  the  Twelve  Tissue  Remedies,  com- 
prising INDICATIONS  AND  CLINICAL  CASES,  ALPHABETICALLY  AR- 
RANGED. 

IV. 

Repertory  of  the  Twelve  Tissue  Remedies,  arranged  upon  a 
Pathologico-Anatomical  Basis. 


PART  I 


Introduction  to  the  Theory  and  General  Sketch 
of  the  Twelve  Tissue  Remedies. 


HISTORY  OF  THE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Samuel  Hahnemann,  whose  genius  divined  the  great  im- 
portance of  the  inorganic  cell  salts  as  remedial  agents  of  a 
high  order,  was  the  first  who  began  thorough  investigation 
into  their  pathogenetic  effects  and  therapeutic  uses.  It  was 
his  provings  of  Lime  and  Salt  and  Potash  that  prepared  the 
way  for  the  rest  of  the  Tissue  Remedies,  that  showed  what 
vast  store-houses  of  medicinal  force  these  inorganic  sub- 
stances are,  although  wholly  inert  in  their  crude  state.  He 
it  was  who  first  pointed  out  how  these  forces  could  be  un- 
locked and  directed  for  therapeutic  purposes.  Later,  in  1832, 
attention  was  called  in  a  paper  published  in  Stapf's  Archiv 
to  the  great  importance  as  remedies  of  all  the  "  essential  com- 
ponent parts  of  the  human  body,"  and  again,  in  the  same 
journal,  in  1846  :  "All  constituents  of  the  human  body  prin- 
cipally act  on  those  organs  wherein  they  have  a  function. 
All  fulfill  their  functions  when  they  are  the  cause  of  symp- 
toms." This  from  the  pen  of  that  remarkable  genius  in  the 
field  of  Materia  Medica — Constantine  Hering. 

Later  still,  we  find  Grauvogl,  in  his  Text-Book,  taking  some 
notice  of  these  remarks  and  amplifying  them  ;  but  it  remained 
for  Dr.  Schiissler,  of  Oldenburg,  Germany,  to  develop  these 
suggestions  and  make  the  idea  foreshadowed  in  them  the  basis 

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of  a  "new  system."  In  March,  1873,  an  article,  entitled  UA 
Shortened  Homoeopathic  Therapeutics"  from  his  pen,  was  pub- 
lished in  a  German  Homoeopathic  journal,  in  which  he  says : 


14  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

"About  a  year  ago  I  endeavored  to  discover  by  experiments  on 
the  sick  if  it  were  not  possible  to  heal  them,  provided  their 
diseases  were  curable  at  all,  with  those  substances  that  are  the 
natural,  i.  e.,  the  physiological  function-remedies."  Of  this 
no  special  notice  seems  to  have  been  taken,  until,  five  months 
subsequently,  Dr.  Lorbacher,  of  Leipzig,  came  out  in  the  same 
journal  with  some  critical  considerations  of  it.  This  was  fol- 
lowed by  a  reply  from  Schussler,  which  ran  through  seven 
numbers,  giving  a  more  detailed  account  of  this  "Abridged 
System  of  Homoeopathic  Therapeutics,"  the  important  features 
of  which  are  incorporated  in  this  work. 

The  original  communication  from  Schussler  to  the  German 
journal  was  translated  into  English,  and  published  first  in  the 
Medical  Investigator,  May,  1873,  and  soon  afterwards  in  a 
small  work,  by  Dr.  C.  Hering,  entitled  the  "  Twelve  Tissue 
Remedies,"  "recommended  for  investigation  "  by  this  great 
teacher  of  our  school.  Several  editions  were  published  in 
rapid  succession,  from  which  this  historical  sketch  is  mainly 
derived,  and  following  these  appeared  the  translation  of  the 
twelfth  German  edition,  by  J.  T.  O'Connor,  M.  D.,  and  one 
by  M.  Docetti  Walker,  considerably  enlarged  by  the  addition 
of  an  appendix  popularizing  the  Biochemic  Method.  Dr. 
Schussler,  previous  to  his  death,  which  occurred  early  in 
1898,  published  the  25th  German  edition,  in  which  the  appli- 
cation of  several  of  the  remedies  has  been  greatly  enlarged 
and  considerable  new  matter  added,  all  of  which  is  incor- 
porated in  this  work.  This  edition  has  just  been  translated 
into  English. 

Notwithstanding  that  Dr.  Schussler  denies  in  the  later  edi- 
tions of  his  work  all  connection  with  Homoeopathy,  and  in- 
sists that  his  method  is  not  based  upon  the  homoeopathic  law 
of  cure,  but  upon  physiologico-chemical  processes  that  take 
place  within  the  organism,  it  is  nevertheless  true  that  the 
present  wide  adoption  of  the  Tissue  Remedies  in  the  treat- 
ment of  disease  is  the  fruit  of  the  seed  sown  on  homcepathic 
ground  as  early  as  1832,  although  its  development  was  slow 
until    Schussler   gave   it  a  wonderful   impetus  by  bringing 


THE   THEORY    OF   SCHUSSEER'S   METHOD.  1 5 

physiological  chemistry  and  physiological  and  pathological 
facts  to  bear  on  his  therapeutic  procedure. 

THE  THEORY  OF   SCHUSSLER'S  BIOCHEMIC 
METHOD. 

The  idea  upon  which  Biochemic  Therapeutics  is  based  is 
the  physiological  fact  that  both  the  structure  and  vitality  of 
the  organs  of  the  body  are  dependent  upon  certain  necessary 
quantities  and  proper  apportionment  of  its  inorganic  constitu- 
ents. These  remain  after  combustion  of  the  tissues  and  form 
the  ashes. 

These  inorganic  constituents  are,  in  a  very  real  sense,  the 
material  basis  of  the  organs  and  tissues  of  the  body,  and  are 
absolutely  essential  to  their  integrity  of  structure  and  func- 
tional activity.  According  to  Schussler's  theory,  any  disturb- 
ance in  the  molecular  motion  of  these  cell  salts  in  living 
tissues,  caused  by  a  deficiency  in  the  requisite  amount,  con- 
stitutes disease,  which  can  be  rectified  and  the  requisite  equili- 
brium re-established  by  administering  the  same  mineral  salts 
in  small  quantities.  This  is  supposed  to  be  brought  about  by 
virtue  of  the  operation  of  chemical  affinity  in  the  domain  of 
histology  ;  and  hence  this  therapeutic  procedure  is  styled  by 
Schiissler  the  Biochemic  method,  and  stress  is  laid  on  the 
fact  that  it  is  in  supposed  harmony  with  well-known  facts  and 
laws  in  physiological  chemistry  and  allied  sciences. 

THE  CONSTITUENTS  OF  THE  HUMAN  ORGANISM. 

Blood  consists  of  water,  sugar,  fat,  albuminous  substances, 
chloride  of  sodium,  chloride  of  potash,  fluoride  of  lime,  silica, 
iron,  lime,  magnesia,  soda  and  potash.  The  latter  are  com- 
bined with  phosphoric,  carbonic  and  sulphuric  acids. 

The  salts  of  soda  predominate  in  the  blood  plasma,  while 
those  of  potash  are  found  especially  in  the  blood  corpuscles. 
Sugar,  fat,  and  the  albuminous  substances  are  the  so-called 
organic  components  of  the  blood,  while  the  above-named  salts 


1 6  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

and  water  constitute  its  inorganic  components.  Sugar  and 
fat  are  compounds  of  carbon,  hydrogen  and  oxygen,  while  the 
albuminous  substances  contain  in  addition  sulphur  and  nitro- 
gen. 

Sulphur,  carbon  and  phosphorus  are  not  present  within  the 
organism  in  a  free  state,  but  combined  with  organic  sub- 
stances. 

Sulphur  and  carbon  are  found  in  the  albumen,  carbon  ii. 
the  carbo-hydrates  like  sugar,  starch  and  in  the  products  in- 
cident to  metamorphosis  of  organic  substances.  Phosphorus 
is  contained  in  the  lecithins  and  in  the  nucleins.  The  sulphur 
of  the  albumen  is  oxidized  by  the  oxygen  of  the  inspired  air, 
forming  sulphuric  acid  which  combines  with  the  bases  of  the 
carbonates,  forming  sulphates  and  setting  free  carbonic  acid. 

TISSUE-BUILDING. 

Blood,  containing  the  material  for  every  tissue  and  cell  of 
the  body,  furnishes  nutriment  for  every  organ,  enabling  it  to 
perform  its  individual  function  ;  thus  it  supplies  every  possible 
physiological  want  in  the  animal  economy. 

It  does  this  by  the  transudation  of  a  portion  of  its  plasma 
into  the  surrounding  tissues  through  the  capillary  walls,  by 
which  the  losses  sustained  by  the  cells  on  account  of  tissue 
metamorphosis  are  made  good.  According  to  modern  biologi- 
cal views,  this  pabulum  is  a  material  sui  generis,  called  irritable 
matter  or  protoplasm,  and  is  the  only  living  matter,  and  is 
universally  diffused  throughout  the  organism,  of  which  it  con- 
stitutes about  one-fifth,  the  remaining  four-fifths  being  organ- 
ized and  relatively,  therefore,  dead  matter.  In  its  physical 
character  it  is  nitrogenous,  pulpy,  structureless,  semi-fluid, 
translucent,  homogeneous,  similar  to  that  of  the  ganglionic 
nerves  and  to  the  gray,  nervous  matter.  In  this  transuded 
fluid  appear  fine  granules,  which  unite  to  form  germs,  from 
which,  again,  cells  develop.  By  the  union  of  these  cells  are 
formed  the  tissue  of  every  kind  needed  for  the  upbuilding  of 
the  whole  organism.     Two  kinds  of  substances  are  needed  in 


FORMATION   OF   TISSUE   CELLS.  1 7 

this  process  of  tissue-building,  and  both  are  found  in  the 
blood — namely,  the  organic  and  the  inorganic  constituents. 
Among  the  former  organic  constituents  are  the  sugar,  fat  and 
albuminous  substances  of  the  blood,  serving  as  the  physical 
basis  of  the  tissues,  while  the  water  and  salts — namely,  pot- 
ash, lime,  silica,  iron,  magnesium  and  sodium — are  the  inor- 
ganic substances,  which  are  believed  to  determine  the  par- 
ticular kind  of  cell  to  be  built  up.  Other  salts  may  from  time 
to  time  be  found,  but  the  foregoing,  however,  embrace  all 
which  are  constantly  present.  Wherever,  then,  in  the  animal 
organism,  new  cells  are  to  be  generated  and  formed,  there 
must  be  present,  in  sufficient  quantity  and  proper  relation, 
both  these  organic  and  inorganic  substances.  By  their 
presence  in  the  blood,  all  the  organs,  viscera  and  tissues  in  the 
body  are  formed,  fixed  and  made  permanent  in  their  func- 
tions, and  a  disturbance  here  causes  disturbed  function. 

INORGANIC  CONSTITUENTS  OF  CELLS. 

The  inorganic  materials  of  nerve-cells  are  Magnes.  phos., 
Kali  phos.,  Natrum  and  Ferrum.  Muscle-cells  contain  the 
same,  with  the  addition  of  Kali  mur.  Connective  tissue-cells 
have  for  their  specific  substance  Silicea,  while  that  of  the 
elastic  tissue-cells  is  probably  Calc.  fluor.  In  bone-cells  we 
have  Calc.  fluor.  and  Magnes.  phos.  and  a  large  proportion  of 
Calc.  phos.  This  latter  is  found  iu  small  quantities  in  the 
cells  of  muscle,  nerve,  brain  and  connective  tissue.  Cartilage  and 
mucous  cells  have  for  their  specific  inorganic  material  Natr. 
mur.,  which  is  found  also  in  all  solid  and  fluid  parts  of  the 
body.  Hair  and  the  crystalline  lens  contain,  among  other  inor- 
ganic substances,  also  Ferrum.  The  carbonates,  as  such,  are, 
according  to  Moleschott,  without  any  influence  in  the  process 
of  cell-formation. 

FORMATION   OF  TISSUE   CELLS. 

The  oxygen  of  the  air,  upon  reaching  the  tissues  through 
the  blood  by  means  of  the  respiration,  acts  upon  the  organic 
substances  which  are  to  enter  in  the  formation  of  new  cells. 
2 


1 8  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

The  products  of  this  transformation  are  the  organic  materials 
which  form  the  physical  basis  of  muscle,  nerve,  connective 
tissue  and  mucous  substance.  None  of  these  substances  are 
present  as  such  in  the  blood,  but  are  formed  within  the  tissues 
from  the  albumen.  With  them,  the  inorganic  salts  form  com- 
binations by  virtue  of  chemical  affinities,  and  thus  new  cells 
are  formed.  With  the  formation  of  new  cells  there  occurs  at 
the  same  time  a  destruction  of  the  old  ones,  resulting  from 
the  action  of  oxygen  on  the  organic  substances  forming  the 
basis  of  these  cells.  This  oxidation  has,  as  a  consequence,  a 
breaking  down  of  the  cells  themselves. 

The  ultimate  results  of  this  combustion  of  the  organic  sub- 
stances are  the  formation  of  urea,  uric,  sulphuric,  phosphoric, 
lactic  and  carbonic  acids,  and  also  water.  Some  intermediate 
members  of  the  series,  as,  for  instance,  hypoxanthin,  acetic  and 
butyric  acids,  etc.,  need  not  be  mentioned  with  this  therapeu- 
tic method,  because,  so  far  as  our  present  knowledge  of  them 
extends,  they  play  a  very  subordinate  role.  Urea,  uric  acid 
and  sulphuric  acid  are  the  result  of  the  oxidation  of  the  al- 
buminous substances,  while  phosphoric  acid  is  produced  by 
the  oxidation  of  lecithin  contained  in  the  nervous  tissue, 
brain,  spinal  cord  and  blood  corpuscles.  L,actic  acid  results 
from  the  fermentation  of  milk-sugar,  and  finally  breaks  down 
into  carbonic  acid  and  water. 

The  final  products  of  the  oxidation  of  the  organic  sub- 
stances are  urea,  carbonic  acid  and  water.  These,  together 
with  the  salts  set  free,  leave  the  tissues,  and  thereby  give 
place  to  less  fully  oxidized  organic  bodies,  which  in  turn 
finally  undergo  the  same  metamorphosis. 

The  products  of  this  retrograde  tissue  change  are  conveyed 
through  the  lymphatics,  the  connective  tissue  and  the  veins, 
to  the  gall-bladder,  lungs,  kidneys,  bladder  and  skin,  and  are 
thereby  removed  from  the  organism  with  the  excretions,  such 
as  the  urine,  perspiration,  faeces,  etc. 

The  importance  and  dignity  of  the  function  of  the  connec- 
tive tissues  were  established  after  the  researches  of  Virchow 
and  Von  Recklinghausen  led  to  a  closer  study  and  demon- 


HEALTH   AND    DISEASE.  1 9 

strated  its  fertile  activity.  That  which  formerly  seemed  only 
intended  as  a  filling  in  or  protective  covering  appears  now  as 
the  matrix,  in  which  the  minute  capillaries  carry  the  plasma 
from  the  blood  to  the  tissues  and  return  the  same  to  the  blood 
vessels  ;  at  the  same  time  it  serves  as  one  of  the  most  import- 
ant breeding  places  of  young  cells,  which  are  capable  of  de- 
veloping out  of  the  embryonic  latent  forms  to  the  most  differ- 
entiated structure  of  the  body. 

HEALTH  AND  DISEASE. 

Health  may  be  considered  to  be  the  state  characterized  by 
normal  cell  metamorphosis  ;  thus,  when  by  means  of  digestion 
of  food  and  drink,  recompense  is  made  to  the  blood  for  the 
losses  it  sustains  by  furnishing  nutritive  material  to  the  tis- 
sues, this  compensation  is  made  in  requisite  quantities  and  in 
proper  places,  and  no  disturbance  of  the  motion  of  the  mole- 
cules occurs.  Under  these  conditions  alone  will  the  building 
of  new  cells  and  the  destruction  of  old  ones  proceed  normally, 
and  the  elimination  of  useless  materials  be  furthered. 

Disease  is  the  result  of  a  disturbance  of  the  molecular  mo- 
tion of  one  of  the  inorganic  tissue  salts.  The  cure  consists  in 
the  restoration  of  the  equilibrium  of  the  molecular  motion  by 
furnishing  a  minimal  dose  of  the  same  inorganic  substance, 
since  the  molecules  of  the  material  thus  used  remedially  fill 
the  gap  in  the  chain  of  molecules  of  the  affected  cell  or  tissue 
salt. 

Virchow  says  that  disease  is  an  altered  state  of  the  cell,  and 
hence  the  normal  state  of  the  cell  constitutes  health.  The 
constitution  of  the  cell  is  determined  by  the  composition  of 
its  nutritive  environment  exactly  as  a  plant  thrives  according 
to  the  quality  of  soil  around  its  roots. 

In  agricultural  chemistry  we  add  as  fertilizer  that  element 
most  lacking  in  the  soil.  But  three  essential  substances  used 
as  fertilizers  are  required,  namely,  ammonia,  phosphate  of 
lime  or  potash.  The  other  substances  needful  for  plant  nu- 
trition are  found  in   sufficient   quantities  in  the  soil.     The 


20  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

same  law  of  supplying  a  lack  applies  to  biochemical  remedies  ; 
for  instance,  take  the  following  example  : 

A  child  suffering  with  rickets  shows  a  lack  of  phosphate  of 
lime  in  the  bones  due  to  a  disturbed  molecular  motion  of  the 
molecules  of  this  salt.  The  quantity  of  phosphate  of  lime 
intended  for  the  bones,  but  failing  to  reach  its  goal,  would 
accumulate  within  the  blood  were  it  not  excreted  by  the 
urine,  for  it  is  the  office  of  the  kidneys  to  maintain  the  proper 
composition  of  the  blood,  and  therefore  to  cast  out  every 
foreign  substance  or  surplus  supply  of  any  one  constituent. 
Now  after  the  normal  molecular  motion  of  the  phosphate  of 
lime  molecules  is  again  established  within  the  involved  nu- 
tritive soil  by  administering  small  doses  of  the  same  salt,  the 
surplus  can  again  enter  the  general  circulation  and  the  cure 
of  the  rachitis  be  brought  about. 

Every  normal  cell  has  the  faculty  of  absorbing  or  rejecting 
certain  substances.  This  property  is  diminished  or  suspended 
when  the  cell  has  suffered  a  loss  in  one  of  its  salts  in  conse- 
quence of  any  irritation.  As  soon  as  this  deficiency  is  made 
good  by  a  supply  of  a  homogeneous  material  from  the  im- 
mediate nutritive  soil,  the  equilibrium  is  re-established.  But 
if  the  supply  is  not  offered  spontaneously,  it  is  to  be  assumed 
that  the  needful  salt  is  lacking  in  quantity,  or,  on  the  other 
hand,  that  the  diseased  cells  have  suffered  a  physical  altera- 
tion besides,  which  precludes  the  entrance  of  the  required 
tissue  salt.  In  such  a  case  the  salt  must  be  offered  in  a  more 
diluted  state,  that  is,  a  higher  trituration. 

If  the  altered  cells  regain  their  integrity  by  recovering 
their  loss,  they  can  again  perform  their  normal  functions,  and 
bring  about  the  removal  by  chemical  processes  of  morbid  pro- 
ducts, exudations,  etc.  The  biochemical  therapeutics  aids 
nature  in  her  efforts  to  cure  by  supplying  the  natural  reme- 
dies lacking  in  certain  parts,  that  is,  the  inorganic  cell-salts, 
and  in  this  way  corrects  abnormal  states  of  physiological 
chemistry. 

The  aim  of  biochemistry  is  to  cover  a  deficiency  directly. 
All  other  methods  of  cure  reach  this  goal   indirectly,  when 


DOSE   OR   QUANTITY.  21 

they  make  use  of  remedial  agents  heterogeneous  to  the  con- 
stituents of  the  human  organism. 


DOSE,  OR  QUANTITY  OF  TISSUE  SALT  REQUIRED 

TO   RE-ESTABLISH   NORMAL  CELL 

EQUILIBRIUM. 

Biochemic  remedies  are  administered  in  minimal  doses. 

The  curative  virtue  of  small  doses  may  be  deducted  from 
the  following  facts : 

Throughout  nature,  atoms  and  groups  of  atoms  or  molecules 
form  the  basis  of  her  operations.  The  growth  of  animals  and 
plants  is  the  accretion  of  new  atoms  or  groups  of  atoms  to 
the  existing  mass  of  molecules. 

In  view  of  the  fact  of  the  action  of  light,  itself  imponder- 
able, causing  molecular  movements  in  living  plants  by  which 
carbonic  acid  is  decomposed  into  carbon  and  oxygen,  and 
again  the  action  of  light  on  the  photographic  plate  and  retina 
of  the  eye,  it  seems  impossible  of  contradiction  that  infinitely 
small  imponderable  particles  of  matter  can  act  upon  the  liv- 
ing body.  The  use  of  small  doses  in  biochemical  treatment 
is  a  chemico-physiological  necessity.  For  instance,  it  is  de- 
sired to  have  Glauber's  salt  reach  the  blood.  It  cannot  be  done 
by  giving  it  in  a  concentrated  solution.  Only  the  intestinal 
canal  is  affected  thereby,  producing  a  watery  diarrhoea  in 
which  the  salt  is  cast  out  from  the  organism.  But  a  diluted 
solution  of  this  salt  (Natrum  sulph.)  will  enter  the  blood  and 
intercellular  fluids  from  the  mouth  and  oesophagus  ;  and  by 
virtue  of  its  hygrometric  property  will  induce  passage  of  an 
excess  of  water  in  the  tissues  into  the  venous  blood,  and  an 
increase  of  urinary  secretion. 

Every  biochemic  remedy  must  be  sufficiently  diluted  to 
avoid  destroying  the  function  of  healthy  cells,  and  to  restore 
disturbed  function  wherever  present. 

In  the  healthy  organism,  animal  or  vegetable,  the  salts  are 
found  in  solution,  corresponding  to  the  third,  fourth  and  fifth 
decimal  dilution  of  medicines. 


22  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

The  following  table  of  analysis  of  blood  cells  in  relation  to 
the  human  organism  will  show  this  : 

In  1,000  grammes  of  blood  cells  the  amount  of  inorganic 
substances  are,  according  to  Bunge's  "  Text-book  of  Physio- 
logical and  Pathological  Chemistry,"  as  follows : 

Iron  0.99S 

Kali  sulph 0.132 

Kali  mur 3.079 

Kali  phos 2.343 

Natrum  phos 0.633 

Natrum 0.3.44 

Calc.  phos 0.094 

Magnes.  phos 0.060 

In  1,000  grammes  of  intercellular  fluid  (plasma)  the  pro- 
portion of  inorganic  substances  is  the  following  : 

Kali  sulph 0.281 

Kali  mur 0.359 

Natrum  mur 5-545 

Natrum  phos 0.27! 

Natrum  1-532 

Calcar.  phos 0.29S 

Magnes.  phos 0.218 

Natrum  sulph.,  Fluor.,  and  Silica,  traces. 

Compare  with  these  analyses  that  of  milk.  Of  this  i  litre 
or  1,000  grammes,  contains 

Kali .\ .  0.780 

Natrum 0.230 

Calcarea 0.330 

Magnesia 0.060 

Iron 0.004 

Phosphoric  acid 0.470 

Chlor 0.440 

Fluor.,  and  Silica,  traces. 

One  litre  (a  little  over  a  quart)  suffices  for  the  daily  food  of 
an  infant  weighing  about  6  kilogrammes  (13^  pounds). 

Now  if  6  centigrammes  (3.5  of  a  grain)  of  magnesia  are 
sufficient  to  cover  the  needful  daily  supply  of  magnesia  for 
an  infant,  how  minute  must  be  the  dose  of  magnesia  to  be  given 
for  a  neuralgia  which  is  caused  by  an  inconceivably  small 
deficiency  of  this  salt  in  a  minute  portion  of  the  nerve  tissue. 


DOSE   OR   QUANTITY.  23 

The  mineral  contents  of  one  cell  are  infinitely  small.  Ac- 
cording to  the  calculations  of  C.  Schmidt,  the  physiologist, 
each  blood  corpuscle  contains  about  one-billionth  part  of  a 
gramme  of  Kali  mur.  This  corresponds  to  the  twelfth  deci- 
mal trituration. 

Similarly  active  in  very  small  doses  are  some  of  the  reme- 
dies used  by  the  old  school ;  for  instance,  corrosive  sublimate, 
of  which  Prof.  Hugo  Schulz  says  that  a  solution  of  1-600,000 
to  1-800,000  brings  about  quite  powerful  fermentation,  one 
far  above  the  normal,  in  a  grape  sugar  solution  to  which  yeast 
has  been  added.  (See  Berliner  Klinische  Wochenschrift,  Nov. 
4,  1889.) 

The  inorganic  substances  which  serve  plants  for  nutrition 
are  taken  up  by  them  only  in  minimal  quantities.  Liebig,  in 
his  chemical  letters,  observes  that  the  strongest  manure  of 
earthy  phosphates  in  a  coarse  powder  cannot  be  compared  in 
its  action  with  a  much  smaller  quantity  finely  divided,  which 
by  its  sub-division  can  be  diffused  throughout  the  soil.  Each 
rootlet  requires  but  a  small  quantity  of  nourishment  where  it 
is  in  contact  with  the  soil,  but  for  its  functional  activity  and 
existence  it  is  requisite  that  this  minimum  be  present  just  at 
that  spot.  The  insoluble  mineral  substances  found  in  the 
soil  must  be  dissolved  by  the  acid  juices  of  the  fibres  of  the 
root  before  they  can  reach  the  vegetable  organism. 

A  mineral,  when  it  reaches  the  human  stomach,  is  acted 
upon  by  the  muriatic  acid  contained  in  the  gastric  juice.  If 
this  is  a  salt  of  iron,  the  chloride  will  be  formed.  Now  if  it 
is  desirable  to  administer  the  phosphate  of  iron  for  thera- 
peutic purposes,  it  must  be  kept  out  of  the  stomach.  For  this 
purpose  a  minimal  dose  is  required — the  medicine  must  be 
diluted  to  such  a  degree  that  its  molecules  may  penetrate  the 
epithelium  of  the  mouth,  pharynx,  oesophagus  and  reach  the 
blood  through  the  capillary  walls.  Those  substances  that  are 
insoluble  in  water  must  be  triturated  to  the  sixth  decimal 
potency  at  least ;  those  soluble  in  water  may  penetrate  the 
epithelial  cells  in  lower  dilutions. 

In  some  of  the  mineral  waters,  the  mineral  salts  are  present 


24  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

only  in  quantities  corresponding  to  the  6th  and  8th  decimal 
dilutions  ;  thus  in  the  waters  of  Rilchingen  Magnesia  phosph. 
is  present  only  in  the  8th,  Kali  mur.  in  the  5th  and  Silicea  in 
the  6th  dilution. 

Dr.  Behneke,  in  his  balneological  letters,  correctly  observes 
that  the  relative  proportion  and  the  degree  of  concentration  in 
which  the  salt  is  present  in  the  mineral  water  is  of  great  im- 
portance. Many  of  the  most  famous  springs  owe  their  good 
results  to  the  fact  that  the  curative  constituents  are  present 
only  in  greatly  diluted  states,  and  that  the  best  results  are  fre- 
quently obtained  from  doses  usually  considered  very  minute. 

The  adaptability  of  minimal  doses  to  the  end  in  view  is  in 
entire  harmony  with  physiological  and  chemical  facts,  as  may 
be  seen  from  the  following  words  of  Professor  Valentin,  the 
well-known  physiologist : 

"  Nature  works  everywhere  with  an  infinite  number  of 
small  magnitudes,  which,  whether  in  homogeneous  or  hetero- 
geneous aggregations,  can  only  be  perceived  by  our  relatively 
obtuse  organs  of  sense  when  in  definite  masses.  The  smallest 
picture  which  our  eyes  perceive  proceeds  from  millions  of 
waves  of  light ;  a  granule  of  salt  that  we  are  hardly  able  to 
taste  contains  myriads  of  groups  of  atoms  which  no  sentient 
eye  will  ever  view." 

This  fact  is  also  illustrated  by  the  well-known  experiments 
of  Professors  Kirchoff  and  Bunsen  with  common  salt  by  tak- 
ing three  milligrammes  (less  than  ^  of  a  grain),  which  are 
blown  into  a  room  containing  60  cubic  metres  of  air.  In  a 
few  minutes  sodium  lines  appear  in  a  flame  standing  at  a  con- 
siderable distance,  which  can  be  distinguished  by  the  unaided 
eye. 

Modern  science  gives  numerous  illustrations  of  the  power 
of  infinitesimal  quantities.  We  will  refer  only  to  very  few  : 
one  is  by  that  most  excellent  observer,  Darwin.  In  his  work 
on  Insectivorous  Plants  he  says  :  "  It  is  an  astonishing  fact 
*  *  *  *  that  so  inconceivably  minute  a  quantity  as  1—20,- 
000,000  of  a  grain  "  [a  much  smaller  quantity  than  the  6th 
decimal  trituration,  the  usual  prescribed  strength  of  the  Tissue 


DOSE   OR   QUANTITY.  25 

Remedies]  "  of  ammonia  phosphate  should  induce  changes  in 
a  gland,  sufficient  to  cause  a  motor  impulse  to  be  sent  down 
the  whole  length  of  the  tentacle,  this  impulse  exciting  move- 
ments through  an  angle  of  about  1800." 

Now,  although  the  presence  of  common  salt  can  be  per- 
ceived by  the  nerves  of  taste,  even  if  the  crude  salt  touch  the 
peripheral  ends  of  these  nerves,  still  in  such  a  crude  and  un- 
diluted form  it  is  questionable  whether  the  salt  can  enter  and 
be  taken  up  by  the  ducts  of  the  neurilemma.  For  this  pur- 
pose it  seems  much  more  reasonable  to  suppose  that  the  de- 
gree of  attenuation  attained  by  the  triturations  is  more  appro- 
priate to  meet  the  want  of  the  required  molecules  of  salts. 

Atropin,  even  when  diluted  more  than  a  million-fold,  pro- 
duces, according  to  Reuter,  dilatation  of  the  pupil  in  man  and 
the  lower  warm-blooded  animals. 

A  litre  (a  little  more  than  a  quart)  of  milk  contains  about 
four  milligrammes  of  iron,  and  a  child  nourished  upon 
milk  only  receives  therewith  less  than  one  milligramme 
or  g1.  of  a  grain  of  iron  at  a  dose.  If  four  milligrammes  repre- 
sent the  daily  supply  of  iron  contributed  to  the  nourishment 
and  growth  of  the  child  (for  it  is  distributed  to  all  the  iron- 
bearing  cells  of  the  organism),  how  small  should  be  the  dose, 
therapeutically  considered,  of  a  salt  of  iron  given  to  allay  a 
molecular  disturbance  occurring  in  a  small  cell  territory,  such 
a  disturbance,  for  instance,  as  determines  the  hyperemia  of 
irritation  ? 

The  amount  of  fluorine  contained  in  milk  has,  as  yet,  not 
been  quantitatively  determined  ;  the  amount  of  it  in  the  organ- 
ism is  much  less  than  that  of  iron.  It  may  be  assumed  that 
the  amount  of  fluorine  contained  in  milk  is  represented  by  a 
tenth  of  a  milligramme ;  therefore,  one  milligramme  of  calcium 
fluoride,  pro  dost,  if  prescribed  as  a  remedy,  would  be  a  large 
dose. 

The  dose  of  a  remedy  prescribed  according  to  chemical  thera- 
peutics had  better  be  too  small  than  too  large  ;  for  if  too 
small  a  repetition  of  it  will  attain  the  desired  end,  but  if  too 
large  it  will  fail  to  accomplish  the  purpose  in  view. 


26  THE   TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Large  doses  of  iron,  given  to  cure  chlorosis,  disorder  the 
stomach,  pass  off  unused  with  the  faeces,  and  in  most  cases 
leave  the  disease  unaffected. 

Hydrochloric  acid,  when  diluted  a  thousand-fold  with  water, 
dissolves  with  ease  at  the  temperature  of  the  body  fibrin  and 
gluten,  and  this  solvent  power  does  not  increase,  but  dimin- 
ishes, if  the  proportion  of  acid  in  the  dilution  be  increased. — 
Liebig's  Chemical  Letters,  vol.  ii,  p.  119. 

PREPARATION   AND  DOSE. 

The  Tissue  Remedies  are  prepared  for  therapeutic  purposes, 
like  all  homoeopathic  remedies,  according  to  the  decimal  or 
centesimal  scale  in  trituration  or  solution.  The  crude,  chemi- 
cally pure  article  is  taken  and  triturated  with  sugar  of  milk, 
one  part  of  the  drug  to  nine  parts  of  sugar  of  milk,  for  at  least 
one  hour.  This  gives  the  first  decimal  trituration,  each  grain 
containing  one-tenth  of  a  grain  of  the  cell  salt  triturated. 

One  part  of  this  first  decimal  trituration  is  then  used,  and 
other  nine  parts  of  sugar  of  milk  added  and  again  triturated 
one  hour,  which  gives  the  second  decimal  trituration,  and  is 
equivalent  to  the  first  centesimal  trituration,  each  grain  con- 
taining one-hundredth  of  the  triturated  cell  salt.  But  expe- 
rience has  shown,  as  may  be  seen,  too,  from  the  illustrations 
above  that  even  this  minute  subdivision  is  too  gross  for  many 
purposes  in  the  animal  economy,  and  so  this  triturating  and 
subdividing  process  has  been  kept  up  to  the  sixth,  twelfth 
and  even  higher  preparations. 

SCHUSSLER'S  OWN  PROCEDURE. 

At  first  Schussler  began  with  the  sixth  centesimal  or  twelfth 
decimal  trituration  ;  but  he,  very  early  in  his  practice,  adopted 
the  sixth  decimal  preparation  as  the  one  most  generally  use- 
ful. Lately  the  lower  triturations  of  Potassium  and  Sodium 
salts,  the  third  decimal,  of  others  the  fourth  and  fifth,  have 
been  productive  of  equally  good  results.  In  the  last  edition 
of  his   "  Abgekilrzte   Therapie "  he  says  on  this  point :  "In 


FREQUENCY   OF   DOSES.  27 

my  practice  I  employ  the  sixth  decimal  trituration  generally. 
Ferrum  phos.,  Silicea  and  Calcarea  finor.  I  usually  give  in 
the  1 2th  trituration.  In  acute  diseases,  a  dose  consisting  of 
a  powder,  size  of  a  pea,  should  be  given  every  hour  or  two  ; 
in  chronic  diseases  3  or  4  times  daily.  The  powder  may  be 
given  dry  on  the  tongue,  or  dissolved  in  a  spoonful  of  water." 

We,  ourselves,  have  had  the  most  satisfactory  results  from 
the  sixth  decimal  trituration,  rarely  going  higher,  at  times 
lower,  and  generally  we  prefer  to  give  the  selected  remedy  in 
solution  by  dissolving  a  good-sized  powder  in  a  tumbler,  half 
full  of  water,  and  administering  teaspoonful  doses  every  hour 
or  two. 

If  liquid  solutions  are  used,  a  few  drops  may  be  dissolved 
in  water,  or  pellets  or  disks  may  be  saturated  and  given  in 
that  way.  The  latter  is  especially  to  be  recommended  with 
children. 

FREQUENCY  OF  DOSES. 

In  acute  cases,  a  dose  every  hour  or  two ;  in  severe,  painful 
affections,  a  dose  every  ten  to  fifteen  minutes  ;  in  chronic  affec- 
tions, one  to  four  doses  daily. 

In  suitable  cases  the  external  use  of  the  remedies  is  indi- 
cated and  has  been  found  useful.  For  this  purpose  the  second 
or  third  and  even  the  sixth  trituration  may  be  used. 

In  determining  the  dose  of  a  biochemic  remedy,  the  amount 
of  the  morbid  product  involved  is  no  important  factor.  For 
instance,  a  very  small  deficiency  of  Natrum  mur.  in  the  cells 
of  the  epithelial  layer  of  a  serous  sac  may  give  rise  to  a  massive 
serous  exudation  ;  and  as  minute  a  supply  of  Natrum  mur. 
corresponding  to  the  deficiency  may  bring  about  a  complete 
resorption  of  the  exudation. 

Guided  by  the  relative  quantities  of  the  cell  salts,  each 
practitioner  can  select  the  proper  dose  of  the  indicated  bio- 
chemic remedy. 

One  milligramme  (1-100  grain  =  to  the  2d  decimal  tritura- 
tion) of  a  substance  is  estimated  to  contain  16  trillions  of 


28  THE   TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

molecules.  According  to  this  estimate,  the  6th  decimal  tritura- 
tion of  it  would  contain  about  16  billions  ;  this  quantity  is 
more  than  sufficient  to  restore  disturbed  molecular  motions  to 
the  normal. 

It  may  be  urged  as  an  objection  that  the  molecules  of  a 
given  salt  administered  as  a  medicine  would  unite  with  their 
like  contained  in  the  blood,  and  thus  render  illusory  any  cura- 
tive attempt.  But  this  combination  cannot  take  place  simply 
because  the  carbonic  acid  present  in  the  blood  forms  an  isolat- 
ing medium  of  the  salts. 

RELATIONS  OF  THE  BIOCHEMIC  TO  THE  HOMCE- 
OPATHIC  TREATMENT. 

Often  the  question  has  been  asked,  "  Is  Schusslerism  Homoe- 
opathy ?"  and  it  has  as  often  been  answered  in  the  affirmative  as 
in  the  negative.  Schiissler  himself  claims  that  it  is  not  in 
any  way  related  to  Homoeopathy,  and  puts  Biochemistry  for- 
ward with  an  evident  desire  to  become  the  founder  of  a  new 
system  of  medicine. 

He  claims  with  others  that  the  Tissue  Remedies  act  by  sup- 
plying deficiencies.  This  idea,  taken  literally,  seems  errone- 
ous ;  for  example,  in  a  disturbance  of  the  molecules  of  Natr. 
mur.  there  is  not  necessarily  a  deficiency  in  the  amount  of 
Natr.  mur.  in  the  body,  but  rather  a  lack  of  continuity  in  the 
arrangement  of  the  existing  molecules  in  the  body.  This  salt 
given  as  a  remedy  does  not  supply  a  lack  or  deficiency  of  salt, 
as  the  quantity  given  is  usually  too  infinitesimal  for  that  pur- 
pose, and  were  this  the  case  it  might  be  given  in  quantity 
with  food  and  drink  with  the  desired  effect.  The  deficiency 
that  it  does  supply  in  minimal  doses  is  in  the  arrangement  of 
the  equilibrium  of  the  chain  of  Natr.  mur.  molecules  in  the 
affected  tissues  as  before  explained,  thus  causing  them  to  per- 
form their  function  properly  ;  for,  since  the  deficit  is  a  molecu- 
lar one,  the  supply  must  also  be  molecular. 

This  idea  of  the  action  of  remedies  is  not  new,  as  any  one 
who  has  carefully  perused  the  works  of  that  astute  observer, 


BIOCHEMIC   TREATMENT. 


29 


Von  Grauvogl,  can  testify.  Many  of  Schiissler's  ideas  may 
be  seen  foreshadowed  in  Grauyogl  and  Hering. 

It  has  always  been  a  matter  of  dispute  as  to  how  our 
homoeopathic  remedies  act.  The  question,  embracing  as  it 
does  that  of  infinitesimal  doses,  is  one  of  the  most  vital  for 
Homoeopathy,  and  one  that  even  at  this  day  exposes  us  to  the 
ridicule  of  our  old-school  brethren. 

We  present  the  hypothesis  that  Homoeopathy  and  Bio- 
chemistry are  quite  similar ;  that  Biochemistry  offers  a 
rational  explanation  of  the  homoeopathic  action  as  contained 
in  that  law  of  Hahnemann,  Similia  Similibus  Curantur  / 

The  following  table  shows,  so  far  as  analyses  have  been 
made,  that  the  twelve  tissue  salts  are  constituents  of  many 
of  our  well  known  and  proved  remedies  of  the  vegetable 


kingdom 


Table. 


Ferr.  phos. 

China,  Gelsem.,  Veratr.,  Aeon.,  Arnica,  Ail.,  Anis. 
stel.,  Phytol,  Berb.  vulg.,  Rhus,  Asaf.  (4.),  Viburn. 
pr.,  Secale  (.25),  Graphite  (2.74). 

Calc.  phos. 

China,  Viburn.  pr.,  Ail.,  Phytol.,  Berb.  vulg.,  Coloc. 
(2.7),  Graphite. 

Natr.  phos. 

Rheum,  Ail.,  Anis.  stel.,  Hamam. 

Kali  phos. 

Pulsat.,  Bapt.,  Rhus,  Veratr.,  Epiphegus,  Viburn. 
pr.,  Digit  ,  Cimicif.,  Cactus  gr.,  Stramon.,  Xanth., 
Ail.,  Anis.  stel.,  Hamam.,  Phytol. 

Kali  mur. 

Phytol.,  Sanguin.,  Stilling.,  Pinus  c,  Asclep. ,  Viburn. 
pr  ,  Ail.,  Anis.  stel.,  Hamam.,  Cimicif. 

Natr.  mur. 

Cedron,  Arum  tr.,  Ail.,  Anis.  stel.,  Hamam.,  Cimicif., 
Secale  (.50). 

Calc.  fluor. 

Phytol. 

Silicea. 

Equisetum  (nearly  18.2),  Cimicif.  (4.),  Chelidon., 
Graphite  (13.),  Secale  (.15). 

Calc.  sulph. 

Apocyn.,  Ail.,  Asaf.  (6.2). 

Natr.  sulph. 

Apocyn.,  Iris  v.,  Chamom.,  Chionanthus,  Lycop., 
Bryon.,  Podoph.,  Chelid.,  Nux  vom.,  Anis.  stel., 
Hamam.,  Cimicif. 

Kali  sulph. 

Pulsat.,  Hydrast.,  Myr.  cer.,  Cimicif.,  Phytol.,  Viburn. 
pr.,  Anis.  stel.,  Hamam. 

Magnes.  phos. 

Viburn.  op.,  Bellad.,  Lobel  ,  Stramon.,  Viburn.  pr., 
Ail.,  Secale  (.50),  Coloc.  (3),  Gelsem.,  Rhus, 
Graphite. 

The  figures  in  the  above  table  indicate  the  percentage. 


30  THE   TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

This  table  is  a  very  incomplete  one,  as  analyses  have  only 
been  made  of  comparatively  few  of  the  remedies  of  the  animal 
and  vegetable  kingdoms  that  we  use  ;  and  many  of  these  an- 
alyses have  been  made  so  crudely  as  only  to  note  the  presence 
of  these  salts  in  them,  not  giving  their  proportions.  To  do 
this  accurately  would  entail  much  time  and  expense.  Of 
course  this,  to  the  allopath,  is  a  question  of  no  moment  what- 
ever ;  but  to  us,  as  homoeopaths,  who  deal  with  infinitesimals, 
such  an  enormous  quantity  as  18.2  per  cent,  of  Silicea  occur- 
ring in  Equisetum ;  6  per  cent,  of  potash  and  sodium  salts 
occurring  in  Haviam.;  4  per  cent,  of  Silicea  in  Cimicif.;  3  per 
cent,  of  Magnes.  phos.  in  Coloc,  as  well  as  other  inorganic 
constituents  in  varying  quantities,  becomes  a  matter  of  vital 
importance.  Could  we  have  an  exact  quantitative  and  pro- 
portionate analysis  of  any  one  drug  from  the  animal  or  vege- 
table kingdom,  we  could  then  dissect  its  symptoms  and  tell 
which  belonged  to  one  tissue  salt  and  which  to  another ;  and 
it  is  highly  probable  that  we,  by  this  means,  could  easily  ex- 
plain why  the  symptoms  of  one  drug  are  so  often  found  under  the 
pathogenesis  of  another,  why  one  is  characteristic  in  one  drug  and 
only  generic  in  another,  when,  indeed,  it  may  not  rightly  be- 
long to  either,  but  to  an  inorganic  tissue  salt,  a  constituent  of 
each  drug. 

Perhaps  the  drug  of  which  as  complete  an  analysis  has 
been  made  as  of  any  is  Phytolacca  decandra.  After  evapora- 
tion and  incineration,  which  remove  the  organic  constituents, 
there  remain  8.4  per  cent,  of  the  inorganic  ;  of  these,  6.8  per 
cent,  are  soluble  and  consist  mostly  of  the  salts  of  potash, 
while  the  insoluble  remainder,  1.6  per  cent,  consists  of  cal- 
cium, iron  and  silica.  If  we  compare  the  pathogenesis  of 
Phytol.  with  the  biochemical  application  of  these  salts,  we 
shall  see  a  striking  and  significant  analogy.  As  the  largest 
quantity  of  the  inorganic  salts  therein  contained  is  potash, 
we  shall  find  that  more  symptoms  of  Phytol.  correspond  to  the 
Kalis,  while  fewer  symptoms  correspond  to  the  calcium,  iron 
and  silica.     The  following  table  illustrates  this  : 


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32  -THE   TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Were' the  analysis  quantitatively  correct,  we  should  prob- 
ably find  some  Natr.  nmr.,  as  one  of  the  prominent  symptoms 
of  Phytol.  is  acrid,  watery  discharge  from  the  nose. 

This  would  explain  why  we  have  different  sets  of  symptoms 
under  one  homoeopathic  drug,  appearing  to  antagonize  each 
other — each  is  produced  by  a  different  tissue  salt. 

This  much  for  the  vegetable  and  animal  kingdom,  sub- 
stances that  can  be  reduced  by  analysis  to  elementary  bodies. 
In  the  mineral  kingdom  the  action  is  somewhat  different. 
Nothing  need  be  said  of  such  remedies  as  are  compounds  of 
sulphur  and  phosphorus,  as  they  derive  their  medicinal  power 
by  combinations  which  form  tissue  salts.  The  carbonates 
become  transformed  into  the  phosphates  ;  this  disposes  of  such 
drugs  as  Kali  card..,  Calc.  card.,  Magnes.  card.,  etc. 

There  only  remain  the  minerals,  such  as  Aurum,  Platinum, 
Argentum,  etc.  These  in  a  crude  state  are  acknowledged 
inert,  and  we  triturate  them  to  develop  their  power.  In  the 
crude  state  they  do  not  appear  to  be  materially  changed  by 
any  of  the  organic  acids  of  the  body.  When  we  finally  divide 
these  they  still  remain  the  same,  but  a  new  power  has  been 
developed  in  them,  a  catalytic  power. 

Examples  of  catalytic  power  are,  unfortunately,  very  few. 
Of  the  known  ones  is  the  following : 

Platinum  in  mass  produces  no  change — no  combination  of 
oxygen  and  hydrogen — as  it  will  do,  as  chemistry  teaches  us, 
when  it  is  finely  divided,  without  being  changed  itself. 

This  is  catalysis,  wherein  one  body  produces  changes  in 
another  without  itself  being  changed.  The  wherefore  of  this 
action  is  not  known,  but  it  still  remains  a  fact.  Catalysis  is 
contact  action,  and  by  this  contact  action,  mineral  drugs  act 
inert  in  the  crude  state,  by  trituration  a  contact  action  is 
developed,  which  causes  changes,  and  when  given  to  the 
healthy  produces  symptoms. 

This  rationally  explains  how  inert  substances  acquire  by 
subdivision  (trituration)  medicinal  properties.  This  has  long 
been  a  stumbling-block  to  allopathic  comprehension  of 
Homoeopathy. 


BIOCHEMIC   TREATMENT.  33 

Do  we  not  when  we  prove  a  drug — that  is,  administer  it  to 
the  healthy  to  produce  symptoms — and  nearly  all  our  homoeo- 
pathic provings  are  made,  more  or  less,  with  the  potentized 
drug,  which  process  also  potentizes  the  inorganic  salts  therein 
contained — do  we  not  produce  a  disturbance  in  the  molecular 
equilibrium  of  the  tissue  salts  contained  in  the  drug  given  ? 
For  example  :  When  we  give  Phytol.  to  prove  it,  do  we  not, 
by  virtue  of  6.8  per  cent,  of  potash  salts  it  contains,  cause  a 
molecular  disturbance  of  these  salts,  which  would  not  occur 
were  they  given  in  so  crude  a  form  as  not  to  be  taken  up  by 
the  ducts  of  the  neurilemma  of  the  nerves  of  taste,  etc.? 

This  disturbance  is  only  to  be  corrected  when  arising  from 
disease  by  giving  Phytol.  in  potency,  the  potash  salts  in  it 
being  the  part  which  gives  it  its  curative  power. 

This  view  by  no  means  takes  away  the  fact  that  each  drug 
is  an  entity,  to  be  proved  as  a  whole. 

But  these  very  salts  in  certain  proportions  are  its  essential 
substratum,  whose  presence  is  necessary  to  fix,  determine  and 
embody  the  inner  essence  of  the  drug ;  and  it  is  a  question  to 
be  decided  whether  we  could  obtain  the  same  results  by  giving 
the  inorganic  salt  constituents  of  a  drug  as  by  giving  the  drug 
itself.  It  seems  to  us,  were  it  possible,  that  the  former  would 
be  a  more  elementary  Homoeopathy,  and  this  an  indirect  Bio- 
chemistry. 

Schiissler,  in  several  of  his  editions,  admits  this  and  says 
that  disturbed  molecular  motion  of  inorganic  cell  salts  show- 
ing itself  as  disease  is  rectified  by  Biochemistry  directly  by 
the  administration  of  homogeneous  substances,  whereas  it  is 
rectified  by  Homoeopathy  indirectly  by  the  administration  of 
heterogeneous  substances. 


PART  II. 

Materia  Medica  of  the  Twelve  Tissue  Remedies. 


CALCAREA  FLUOR1CA. 

Synonyms. — Calcii  Fluoridum.  Calcium  Fluoride.  Cal- 
carea  Fluorata. 

Common  Name. — Fluorspar.     Fluoride  of  Lime. 

Chemical  Properties. — Formula,  Ca  F2.  Specific  gravity  of 
crystals,  3.4.  It  contains  58.21  parts  of  calcium.  It  occurs 
in  nature  in  mineral  fluorspar  ;  it  is  beautifully  crystalline, 
crystallizing  in  various  colors  and  in  cubical  or  octahedral 
form.  It  is  practically  insoluble  in  water,  but  is  decomposed 
by  sulphuric  acid  generating  hydrofluoric  acid. 

Preparation. — Selected  pieces  of  crystal  fluorspar  are  pre- 
pared by  trituration,  as  directed  under  class  VII  American 
Pharmacopoeia. 

Physiologico-chemical  Data. — Calc.  fluor.  is  found  in  the  sur- 
face of  the  bones  and  in  the  enamel  of  the  teeth.  It  is  also  a 
constituent  of  the  elastic  fibres  and  of  epidermis.  Flastic 
fibres  are  found  in  the  skin,  in  the  connective  tissue,  and  in 
the  vascular  walls. 

A  disturbance  of  the  equilibrium  of  the  molecules  of  Calc. 
fluor.  causes  a  continued  dilatation,  or  chronically  relaxed 
condition,  of  the  implicated  fibres.  If  the  elastic  fibres  of  any 
portion  of  the  vessels  of  the  connective  tissue  or  of  the  lym- 
phatic system  have  arrived  at  such  a  condition  of  relaxation, 
the  absorption  of  a  solid  exudation  in  such  a  part  cannot  take 
place.  In  consequence,  induration  of  the  parts  sets  in.  When 
the  elastic  fibres  of  the  blood  vessels  suffer  a  disturbance  of 


36  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

the  molecules  of  Calc.  fluor.,  such  pathological  enlargements 
of  blood  vessels  take  place,  which  make  their  appearance  as 
hemorrhoidal  tumors,  varicose  and  enlarged  veins  and  vas- 
cular tumors,  and  indurated  glands. 

Loss  of  Calcar.  fiuor.  in  the  system  is  thus  seen  to  be  fol- 
lowed by  : 

1.  A  hard,  knotty  exudation  on  the  surface  of  a  bone. 

2.  A  relaxation  of  the  elastic  fibres,  hence  dilatation  of  ves- 
sels, relaxation  and  displacements  of  the  uterus,  relaxation  of 
the  abdominal  walls,  hence  "hanging  belly,"  hemorrhage  of 
womb  ;  all  absence  of  after  pains. 

3.  Exudation  of  Keratin  from  the  cells  of  the  epidermis. 
(Keratin  is  contained  in  the  skin,  hair  and  nails.)  The  exu- 
dation dries  readily  and  forms  an  adhering  crust.  Frequently 
found  in  the  palms  of  the  hands,  which,  through  labor,  form 
fissures  and  cracks. 

In  regard  to  the  resorption  of  induration,  two  possibilities 
are  to  be  thought  of  : 

(a)  The  elastic  fibres  near  the  induration  have  lost  their 
functional  ability  on  account  of  the  pressure  exerted.  Mole- 
cules of  Calcar.  fliwr.  administered  restore  their  functional 
integrity  and  thus  are  enabled  to  throw  off  the  exudation, 
which  will  then  be  absorbed  by  the  lymphatic  vessels. 

{b)  By  means  of  the  volumetric  force  of  Carbonic  acid  con- 
tained in  the  blood  a  part  of  the  Fluorine  is  split  off  the 
fluoride  of  lime,  this  combines  with  nascent  Hydrogen,  forming 
Hydrofluoric  acid,  which  gradually  dissolves  the  molecules 
of  the  morbid  product,  and  these  are  taken  up  by  the  lym- 
phatics. The  part  played  by  the  Carbonic  acid  can  be  as- 
sumed by  Sulphuric  acid  as  well.  The  latter  is  formed  dur- 
ing the  oxidation  of  albuminoids. 

In  a  similar  manner,  as  explained  under  5,  it  is  possible  for 
Calcar.  fluor.  to  bring  about  solution  of  a  laryngeal  croupous 
or  diphtheritic  exudation. 

General  Action. — Diseases  having  their  seat  in  the  substance 
forming  the  surface  of  bone,  enamel  of  the  teeth,  and  part  of 
all  elastic  fibres,  whether  of  the  skin,  the  connective  tissues, 


CALCAREA   FLUORICA.  $7 

or  the  walls  of  the  blood  vessels,  etc.  Thus  :  all  ailments 
which  can  be  traced  to  relaxed  conditions  of  any  of  the  elastic 
fibres,  including  dilatation  of  the  blood  vessels,  arterial  and 
venous  blood-tumors  and  piles,  varicose  and  enlarged  veins, 
indurated  glands  of  stony  hardness.  Malnutrition  of  bones, 
especially  of  the  teeth.  Exostosis  after  injuries.  Pendulous 
abdomen.     Uterine  displacements,  etc.     Indurations. 

Guiding  Symptoms  and  Characteristic  Indications. 

Mental  Symptoms. — Great  depression,  groundless  fears  of 
financial  ruin.  Indecision.  Disposition  to  set  a  higher  value 
on  money  than  natural  to  him. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Blood-tumors  on  the  parietal  bones  of  new- 
born infants,  on  a  rough,  bony  base.  Bruises  of  the  bones  of 
the  scalp,  with  hard,  rough,  uneven  lumps.  Hard  excrescences 
on  the  scalp.  Cephal-hsematoma.  Ulcers  of  the  scalp  with 
callous,  hard  edges.  Headache  with  faintish  nausea  in  after- 
noon, better  in  the  evening.  In  a  proving  by  Dr.  Sarah  N. 
Smith  the  following  symptom  was  quite  constant :  "A  sort 
of  creaking,  straining  and  drawing,  similar  to  the  noise  made 
by  a  cornstalk  fiddle  and  greatly  interfering  with  sleep." 

Eyes. — Flickering  and  sparks  before  the  eyes,  spots  on  the 
cornea,  conjunctivitis.  Blurred  vision  after  using  eyes,  eye- 
balls ache,  better  closing  eyes  and  pressing  lightly.  Cataract. 
Enlarged  meibomian  glands.  Cases  of  partial  blindness. 
Dimness  of  vision  from  overstraining  the  eyes.  Tumors  of 
the  eyelids. 

Ears. — Calcareous  deposits  on  the  tympani.  Mastoid  dis- 
ease when  periosteum  is  affected. 

Nose. — Cold  in  the  head,  ineffectual  desire  to  sneeze,  stuffy 
cold,  dry  coryza,  ozsena.  Copious,  offensive,  thick,  greenish, 
lumpy,  yellow  nasal  discharge.  Osseous  growths.  Affections 
of  nasal  bones  ;  odor  of  dead  bone  disappears  after  use  of  the 
remedy.     Adenoid  growths  in  post-nasal  space  and  pharynx. 

Face. — Hard  swelling  on  the  cheek  with  pain  or  toothache, 


38  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

hard  swelling  on  the  jawbone,  cold  sores  rather  small,  hard 
herpetic  sores  on  lips  from  cold,  not  diffused  like  Natr.  mur. 

Mouth. — Gumboil  with  hard  swelling  on  the  jaw,  stony  hard 
swelling  on  the  jawbone.  Cold  sores  at  corner  of  mouth. 
Great  dryness  of  mouth. 

Tongue. — Cracked  appearance  of  the  tongue  with  or  with- 
out pain.  Induration  of  the  tongue,  hardening  after  inflam- 
mation. 

Teeth. — Enamel  of  the  teeth  rough  and  deficient.  Un- 
natural looseness  of  the  teeth  with  or  without  pain,  teeth 
become  loose  in  their  sockets.  Malnutrition  of  the  teeth. 
Toothache  with  pain  if  any  food  touches  the  tooth.  Tooth- 
ache with  a  looseness  of  the  teeth. 

Throat. — Diphtheria  when  the  affection  has  gone  to  the 
windpipe.  Relaxed  throat  with  tickling  in  the  larynx  when 
caused  by  elongation  of  the  uvula.  Uvula  relaxed,  causing 
irritation,  tickling  and  cough.  Hawking  of  mucus  in  the 
morning.  Burning  in  throat  better  by  warm  drinks.  Great 
dryness  of  throat 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Vomiting  of  undigested  food.  Hic- 
cough from  hawking  of  mucus,  weakening  and  recurring 
during  the  day.     Flatulence. 

Abdomen  and  Stool. — Confined  bowels,  inability  to  expel 
faeces.  Fissure  of  the  anus,  and  intensely  sore  crack  near  the 
lower  end  of  the  bowel.  Bleeding  hemorrhoids.  Itching  of 
anus  as  from  pinworms.  Internal  or  blind  piles,  frequently 
with  pain  in  the  back,  generally  far  down  on  the  sacrum,  and 
constipation.  Piles  with  pressure  of  blood  to  the  head.  Pain 
in  right  hypochondrium,  worse  lying  on  painful  side.  Much 
wind  in  lower  bowels. 

Urinary  Organs. — Copious  urine,  frequent-  urging.  Urine 
scanty  and  high  colored,  and  emits  a  pungent  odor. 

Sexual  Organs. — Constant  dribbling  of  seminal  and  prostatic 
fluid  with  dwindling  of  the  testes.  Displacements  of  the 
uterus.  Dragging  pain  in  the  region  of  the  uterus  and  thighs, 
down-bearing  of  the  uterus. 

To  tone  up  the  contractile  power  of  the  uterus  in  cases  of 


CALCAREA   FLTJORICA.  39 

flooding.  Excessive  catamenia  with  bearing-down  pain.  Hy- 
drocele, drops)'  of  the  testicles,  indurations  of  the  testicles. 
Syphilis.     Hunterian  chancre,  for  the  induration. 

Pregnancy. — After-pains  if  due  to  weak,  feeble  contractions. 
Hard  knots  in  the  breast.  Given  during  pregnancy,  it  favors 
easy  confinement. 

Respiratory  System. — Tickling  in  larynx.  Dryness  and 
hoarseness.  Cough  hacking  from  tickling  in  larynx,  as  from 
a  foreign  body.  The  chief  remedy  in  true  croup.  In  asthma 
when  specks  or  small  lumps  of  yellowish  mucus  are  brought 
up  after  much  exertion  ;  cough  with  expectoration  of  tiny 
lumps  of  yellow,  tough  mucus  ;  with  tickling  sensation  and 
irritation  on  lying  down,  from  elongation  of  the  uvula  or  drop 
at  the  back  of  the  throat.  Suppressed  respiration,  epiglottis 
feels  closed  or  as  if  breathing  through  a  thick  substance. 

Circulatory  Organs — Aneurism  at  an  early  stage  may  be  re- 
duced or  kept  in  check  by  this  remedy  and  Ferr.  phos.,  pro- 
vided that  the  iodide  of  potash  had  not  been  taken.  Dilatation, 
enlargement  of  the  blood  vessels  ;  being  the  chief  remedy  to 
restore  the  contractility  of  the  elastic  fibres.  Dilatation  of  the 
heart  with  palpitation.  Chief  remedy  for  vascular  tumors 
with  dilated  blood  vessels.  Varicose  ulcerations  of  the  veins  ; 
also  the  chief  remedy  for  varicose  or  enlarged  veins.  Enlarge- 
ment, hypertrophy  of  the  heart. 

Neck  and  Back. — Indurated  cervical  glands  of  stony  hard- 
ness. Small  goitres.  Backache  simulating  spinal  irritation, 
with  weak,  dragging,  down-bearing  pain.  Tired  feeling  and 
pain  in  the  lower  part  of  the  back  (sacrum),  with  a  sensation 
of  fulness  or  burning  pain,  and  confined  bowels.  Chronic 
cases  of  lumbago ;  aggravation  on  beginning  to  move  and 
amelioration  by  continued  motion. 

Extremities. — Ganglia  or  encysted  tumors  at  the  back  of 
the  wrist.  Gouty  enlargements  of  the  joints  of  the  fingers, 
spina  ventosa.  Lumbago  from  strains.  Inflammation  of  knee- 
joint,  chronic  synovitis.  Cracking  in  the  joints.  Phalanges 
easily  dislocated.  Suppuration  of  bones.  Osseous  tumor  on 
spine  of  scapula.     Swelling  of  elbow-joint,  crepitation,  show- 


4-0  THE    TWELVE    TISSUE    REMEDIES. 

ing  -want  of  synovial  fluid.     Exotoses  on  fingers.     Osseous 
growths  on  bones  of  lower  extremities.     Spavin  of  horses. 

Nervous  Symptoms. — Weakness  and  fatigue  all  day,  espe- 
cially in  the  morning. 

Sleep. — Vivid  dreams,  with  sense  of  impending  danger  ;  of 
new  scenes,  places,  etc. 

Febrile  Symptoms. — Attacks  of  fever,  lasting  a  week  or  more, 
with  thirst ;  dry,  brown  tongue. 

Skin. — Chaps  and  cracks  of  the  skin.  Fissures  or  cracks  in 
the  palms  of  the  hands  or  hard  skin.  Fissure  of  the  anus. 
Suppuration  with  callous,  hard  edges.  "Whitlow,  gathered 
finger.  Occasional  erysipelas.  Indolent,  fistulous  ulcers, 
secreting  thick,  yellow  pus.  Varicose  ulcers  of  long  standing 
have  been  cured  by  the  rernedy. 

Eczema  due  to  venous  hypersemia  ;  worse  in  damp  weather, 
better  at  night.  Squamous  eczema,  with  thickening  and  crack- 
ing of  skin.     Eczema  of  anus  consequent  to  hemorrhoids. 

Tissues. — Solidified  infiltrations  ;  thus  indurated  glands  of 
stony  hardness.  Osseous  growths,  especially  in  tarsal  and 
carpal  articulation.  Knots  and  kernels  and  tumors  in  the 
female  breast.  Bruises  on  surface  of  bone,  with  hard,  rough 
and  uneven  lumps,  as  on  shin.  Dropsy  caused  by  heart  dis- 
ease. Anaemia.  Ganglion,  cystic  tumors,  from  a  strain  of 
the  elastic  fibres.  Elastic  fibres  relaxed.  Swellings  or  indur- 
ated enlargements,  having  their  seat  in  the  fasciae  and  capsular 
ligaments  of  joints  or  in  the  tendons.  Spina  ventosa.  Indo- 
lent ulcers.  Ulceration  of  bone  or  enamel,  bone  injected. 
Whitlow  or  felons.  Exudation  from  surface  of  bones,  which 
quickly  harden  and  assume  a  nodular  or  jagged  form.  Sup- 
puration of  bones. 

Modalities. — Worse  in  damp  weather,  but  relieved  by  fomen- 
tations and  rubbinof. 

Homeopathic  Data — Calc.  fluor.  has  been  proved  by  J.  B. 
Bell,  and  the  proving  is  reported  in  full  in  Allen 's  Encyclope- 
dia, vol.  x,  page  398.  The  most  complete  data  are  to  be 
found  in  the  Guiding  Symptoms  ^  vol.  iii.     The  drug  had  been 


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42  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

acid  and  other  acids,  and,  to  a  certain  extent,  in  carbonic  acid 
water. 

Preparation. — The  Phosphate  of  lime  is  prepared  by  tri- 
turation, as  directed  in  our  Pharmacopoeias. 

Physiologico-chemical  Data. — Calc.  phos.  is  absolutely  essen- 
tial to  the  proper  growth  and  nutrition  of  the  body.  This 
salt  is  found  in  the  blood-plasma  and  corpuscles,  saliva,  gastric 
juice,  bones,  connective  tissue,  teeth,  milk,  etc.  It  gives 
solidity  to  the  bones.  Calc.  phos.  has  a  special  chemical 
affinity  for  albumen,  which  forms  the  organic  basis  for  this 
salt  in  the  tissue-cells,  and  is  required  wherever  albumen  or 
albuminous  substances  are  found  in  the  secretions.  It  also 
supplies  new  blood-cells,  becoming  the  first  remedy  in  ansemia 
and  chlorosis.  It  is  of  the  greatest  importance  to  the  soft 
and  growing  tissues,  promoting  cell  growth,  supplying  the 
first  basis  for  the  new  tissues,  hence  is  necessary  to  initiate 
growth. 

General  Action. — Calc.  phos.  is  curative  in  disease  depend- 
ing upon  a  disturbed  action  of  the  lime-molecules  in  the  body, 
such  as  occurs  in  the  tardy  formation  of  callus  around  the 
ends  of  fractured  bones,  in  the  unnatural  growth  and  defective 
nutrition  of  bone  and  other  textures  found  in  rickets  and  simi- 
lar diseased  conditions ;  thus  the  sphere  of  action  of  this 
remedy  includes  all  bone  diseases  depending  on  a  diseased 
quality  of  the  blood  of  a  dyscrasic  taint,  involving  also  the 
dermoid  tissues  with  the  osseous.  When  from  any  cause  an 
insufficient  amount  of  Phosphate  of  Lime  is  assimilated  for 
the  uses  of  the  animal  economy,  the  vegetative  system  suffers 
primarily,  causing  defective  nutrition,  imperfect  cell-growth 
and  consequent  decay  and  destruction  of  tissue,  especially  the 
osseous  and  glandular  systems.  It  is  of  use  during  dentition, 
in  convulsions  and  spasms  occurring  in  weak,  scrofulous  sub- 
jects, stimulating  nutrition,  etc.  Another  important  feature 
is  its  restorative  power  after  acute  diseases,  either  directly  or 
preparing  the  way  for  other  remedies,  by  stimulating  the 
system  to  their  action,  thus  becoming  an  important  intercur- 
rent remedy.     Schiissler,  recognizing  the  origin  of  the  red 


CALCAREA   PHOSPHORICA.  43 

blood-globules  in  the  white  or  embryonic  ones,  and  crediting 
this  drug  with  nutritive  stimulation  of  the  white  globules, 
claims  it  promotes  the  formation  of  red  globules  indirectly  by 
promoting  that  of  the  white  globules.  Practically,  this  drug 
proves  itself  a  real  tonic  in  many  cases ;  in  chronic  wasting 
diseases  and  hectic,  when  the  phosphate  is  found  in  excess  in 
the  urine,  thus  corresponding  to  faulty  secondary  assimilation 
and  to  faulty  workings  of  the  excretory  organs.  In  anaemia 
of  young,  rapidly  growing  people ;  in  women  weakened  by 
rapid  child-bearing,  prolonged  suckling  or  excessive  menstrua- 
tion or  leucorrhoea  ;  in  accompanying  diseases  with  exhaustive 
discharges,  as  in  chronic  bronchitis,  tubercular  diarrhoea  and 
night-sweats,  abscesses  and  scrofulous  sores,  through  its  great 
power  on  the  secretions,  it  acts  curatively. 

In  old  age,  where  the  regenerative  function  decreases  in  the 
nervous  tissue,  Calc.  phos.  is  well  indicated,  and  we  find  it 
useful  in  senile  cutaneous  and  vaginal  itching,  as  well  as  dur- 
ing reconvalescence  from  severe  acute  diseases.  In  tuber- 
culosis pulmonum,  with  its  emaciation,  night-sweats,  haemop- 
tysis and  other  marked  physical  symptoms,  Calc.  phos.  in  low 
potencies  holds  out  great  promise  to  ameliorate  the  severity 
of  the  case  ;  equally  great  is  its  benefit  in  pollutions  of  young 
married  men  (and  sexual  excitement  of  women)  and  onanists. 
In  the  osseous  expansions  of  rachitic  children,  Traeger  uses 
cider  internally  and  externally,  and  gives  at  the  same  time 
Calc.  phos.  or  Calc.  finor.  This  is  also  his  favorite  treatment 
in  chlorosis  (cider-whey,  and  three  times  a  day  about  10  grains 
of  the  second  trituration  of  Calc.  phos.),  and  he  prefers  it  by 
far  to  the  usual  iron  treatment.  In  chorea  during  puberty 
the  salts  of  lime  quiet  our  patients  far  better  than  the  reme- 
dies usually  recommended. 

Pains  where  bones  form  sutures  or  symphyses  and  numb,  crawl- 
ing pains  with  chilliness,  due  to  anaemic  symptoms,  worse  from 
wet,  and  tendency  to  perspiration  and  glandular  enlargement. 
Sensations  mostly  in  small  spots.  Phosphatic  diathesis.  Gen- 
eral lack  of  vital  heat  and  aggravation  from  wet. 

If  the  molecular  motion  of  Calc.  phos.  is  disturbed  within 


44  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

the  epithelial  cells  of  serous  membranes,  a  sero-albuminous 
exudation  within  the  sacs  takes  place.  In  this  way  develop 
hydrops  genu,  hygroma  patellae,  etc.  Minute  doses  of  Calc. 
phos.  will  absorb  these  exudations. 

If  the  cells  of  the  epidermis  have  lost  Calc.  phos.  albumen 
will  be  thrown  upon  the  surface  and  by  drying,  form  a  crust, 
a  desquamation  of  which  can  be  brought  about  therapeutic- 
ally by  administering  Calc.  phos.  Similar  albuminous  secre- 
tions take  place  on  mucous  surfaces,  if  their  epithelium  is 
diseased  through  loss  of  Calc.  phos. 

Spasms  and  pains  caused  by  anaemia  are  cured  by  this  rem- 
edy. These  pains  are  accompanied  by  formication,  sensation 
of  coldness  and  numbness. 

Guiding  Symptoms  and  Characteristic  Indications. 

Mental  Symptoms. — Impaired  memory,  mental  anxiety  with 
all  troubles.  Children  are  peevish  and  fretful,  stupid,  slow  of 
comprehension.     After  grief,  vexation,  disappointment. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Vertigo  in  old  age  ;  headache  ;  a  cold  feel- 
ing in  the  head ;  the  head  feels  cold  to  the  touch.  Head- 
aches before  and  during  the  second  dentition  ;  worse  near  the 
region  of  the  sutures,  after  mental  exertion  and  from  dampness 
and  change  of  weather.  Headache  with  flatulence.  Rheu- 
matic headaches,  tearing  in  bones  of  the  skull.  Crawling, 
as  if  ice  water  were  on  upper  part  of  occiput.  Headache  of 
school-girls  who  are  maturing  and  are  nervous,  restless,  with 
diarrhoea,  caused  by  jellies  and  sour  things.  Fontanelles  re- 
main open  too  long,  skull  is  soft  and  thin.  Chronic  hydro- 
cephalus ;  very  large  head,  bones  separated.  Cranio  tabes. 
Scalp  sore,  tense,  creeping,  numbness ;  itching  of  scalp  in  the 
evening.  Scrofulous  ulcers  on  the  top  of  the  head.  Hydro- 
cephalic! conditions,  acute  or  chronic  ;  also  to  prevent  these 
conditions.     Bald  spots  on  head. 

Eyes. — Spasmodic  affections  of  the  eyelids  if  Magnes.  phos. 
fails.  Amaurosis  and  cataract.  Inflammation  of  the  eyes  and 
excessive  dryness  during  dentition.  Photophobia.  Cannot 
use  eyes  by  gaslight.     Ulcers  on  cornea.     Opacities  following 


CALCAREA   PHOSPHORICA.  45 

inflammation  of  the  eyes.  Scrofulous  keratitis.  Ophthalmia 
in  scrofulous  persons.  Congenital  amblyopia  in  children  of  a 
rachitic  constitution  and  scrofulous  diathesis. 

Ears. — Outer  ears  feel  cold.  All  bones  around  the  ear  ache 
and  hurt.  Earache  with  rheumatic  complaints,  associated 
with  swollen  glands  in  scrofulous  children.  Chronic  catarrh 
of  the  ear  with  throat  difficulty  at  the  same  time. 

Nose. — Point  of  nose  icy-cold.  Swollen,  ulcerated  nose  in 
scrofulous  children.  Cold  in  head,  with  albuminous  dis- 
charge from  the  nose.  Sneezing  and  sore  nostrils.  Chronic 
colds  in  anaemic  and  scrofulous  patients.  Uarge  peduncu- 
lated nasal  polypi.  Ozaena,  with  Calc.  fluor.  Bleeding  in 
afternoon. 

Face. — Face  full  of  pimples,  especially  with  girls.  Com- 
plexion sallow,  dirty,  greasy-looking.  Cold  sweat  on  face. 
Faceache  ;  pain  in  the  superior  maxillary  bone,  aggravated 
at  night.  Swelling  of  parotid  and  submaxillary  glands,  with 
earache.     Lupus.     Freckles. 

Mouth. — Disgusting  taste  in  the  mouth  in  the  morning. 
Bitter,  with  headache.  A  dislike  to  open  mouth  on  account 
of  pain  from  swollen  tonsils.     Upper  lip  swollen  and  painful. 

Tongue. — Tongue  swollen,  numb,  stiff,  with  pimples  on  it, 
white,  furred.     Bitter  taste  in  morning  with  headache. 

Teeth. — Teeth  develop  slowly;  complaints  during  teething; 
too  rapid  decay  of  teeth.  Convulsions  in  teething  after 
Magnes.  phos.  Toothache  with  tearing,  boring  pain,  worse 
at  night.     Gums  painful  and  inflamed,  or  pale  gums. 

Throat. — External  glands  painful.  Hoarseness  day  and 
night.  Burning  in  larynx  and  back  part  of  tongue.  Sore 
aching  in  the  throat,  with  much  pain  in  every  direction  on  swallow- 
ing. Constant  hemming  and  hawking  when  talking.  Chronic 
enlargement  of  the  tonsils.  Clergyman's  sore  throat.  Relaxed 
sore  throat. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Heartburn  and  flatulence.  Unusual 
hunger.  Sinking  sensation  in  epigastrium.  Pain  after  eat- 
ing, with  soreness  on  pressure.  The  sufferings  from  the 
stomach  are  aggravated  by  taking  even  the  smallest  quantity 


46  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

of  food.  Dyspepsia  with  distress  in  stomach,  temporarily  re- 
lieved by  eating  and  by  raising  wind.  When  fasting,  pain 
goes  to  the  spine.  Infant  wants  to  nurse  all  the  time,  and 
vomits  often  and  easily.  Pain  in  the  stomach  with  debility. 
Vomiting  after  cold  water  and  ice  cream.  Headache  and 
diarrhoea,  worse  eating.  Craves  bacon,  ham,  salted  or  smoked 
meats.  Much  flatulence.  Abdomen  sunken  and  flabby.  Mesen- 
teric glands  enlarged.  Colic  at  every  attempt  to  eat.  Maras- 
mus. 

Abdomen  and  Stool. — Soreness  and  burning,  and  empty  sink- 
ing sensation  around  navel.  Colic,  with  green,  slimy,  undi- 
gested diarrhoea  with  fetid  flatus.  Cholera  infantum,  great  desire 
for  indigestible  things — ham,  smoked  meat,  etc.;  abdomen 
sunken,  flabby.  Stool  is  hoi,  watery,  profuse,  offensive,  noisy  and 
sputtering.  Useful  in  summer  complaint  and  marasmus,  and 
in  teething  children.  Diarrhoea  aggravated  by  fruit.  Crying 
spells,  caused  by  soreness  and  pain  around  navel,  every  time 
the  child  nurses.  Removes  disposition  to  intestinal  worms  in 
anaemic  and  weakly  patients  [Natr.  phos.).  Gall-stones,  to  pre- 
vent re-formation  of  new  ones.  Abdominal  hernise.  Chronic, 
oozing  hemorrhoids  in  ansemic  or  weakly  patients.  Fissures 
of  anus.  Fistula  in  ano,  alternating:  with  chest  symptoms,  or  in 
persons  who  have  pain  in  all  the  joints  from  any  change  of 
weather.  Painless  fistulse.  Costiveness,  hard  stool  with 
blood,  especially  in  old  people,  associated  with  depression  of 
mind,  vertigo,  headache  and  chronic  cough.  Hernia  in 
ansemic  patients.  Tabes  mesenterica.  Offensive  pus  with 
stools.  Neuralgia  ani.  Severe  pain  in  lower  part  of  sacrum, 
coming  on  after  stool  and  lasting  entire  day  until  retiring  to 
bed. 

Urinary  and  Sexual  Organs — Wetting  the  bed  and  general 
debility.  Frequent  urging  to  urinate.  Cutting  pains  in  the 
urethra  and  neck  of  the  bladder.  Enuresis  in  old  people  and 
small  children,  with  great  debility.  Diabetes  mellitus  where 
the  lungs  are  implicated.  Urine  copious  with  weariness. 
Bright's  disease,  for  the  albumen  (alternate  with  Kali  phos.). 
Chronic  gonorrhoea  in   ansemic  subjects,  with   itching   and 


CALCAREA   PHOSPHORICA.  47 

soreness.  Swelling  of  testicles  and  scrotum.  Gravel,  calcu- 
lus, phosphatic  deposits,  increase  of  urine,  with  flocculent 
sediment.  Stone  in  the  bladder,  to  prevent  reformation  of 
same.     Hydrocele. 

Female  Organs. — Weakness  and  distress  in  uterine  region. 
Uterine  displacements  with  rheumatic  pains.  Prolapus  uteri  with 
weak,  sinking  feelings,  worse  after  defecation.  Throbbing  in 
the  genitals,  with  voluptuous  feelings  ;  indicated  also  in  ten- 
dency to  masturbation  in  scrofulous  children.  Nymphomania 
worse  before  menses.  Violent  backache  with  uterine  pains. 
Soreness  in  the  sacro-iliac  synchondroses.  Deucorrhoea,  as  a 
constitutional  tonic,  discharge  like  white  of  an  egg}  cream- 
like, worse  in  morning,  with  sexual  excitement,  patient  being 
disinclined  to  move  about.  Amenorrhcea.  Menses  too  early 
in  young  girls.  Discharge  bright  red,  returning  every  two 
weeks,  less  painful  than  otherwise.  Menstruation  during 
lactation.  In  adults  menses  too  late  and  dark,  especially  in 
rheumatic  subjects,  preceded  by  sexual  excitement,  accom- 
panied and  followed  by  great  weakness,  distress  and  rheumatic 
pains.  Iyabor-like  pains  before  and  during  menses  ;  sometimes 
after  stool  or  micturition  ;  worse  from  change  of  weather. 
Burning  in  vagina.     Hardness  of  mammae. 

Pregnancy. — Pains,  burning  and  soreness  in  the  mammae  ; 
they  feel  enlarged.  Spoiled  milk  of  mother ;  it  is  salty  and 
bluish,  and  child  refuses  it.  Decline  after  puerpera  and  dur- 
ing pregnancy.  Prolapsus  in  debilitated  persons  (with  Kali 
phos.).  After  prolonged  nursing,  with  weak  voice,  cough  and 
weakness  and  pain  between  shoulders.  Weariness  in  all 
limbs  during  pregnancy. 

Respiratory  Symptoms. — Involuntary  sighing.  Cough  with 
expectoration  of  yellow  albuminous  mucus,  not  watery, 
worse  mornings,  with  sore,  dry  throat.  Soreness  of  chest  to 
touch.  Sore  pain  about  sternum  and  clavicle,  with  contrac- 
tion of  chest  and  difficult  breathing.  Frequent  hawking  to 
clear  the  voice.  Chest  difficulties  associated  with  fistula  in  ano. 
Chronic  cough  of  consumptives  who  suffer  from  coldness  of  the 
extremities.     Incipient  phthisis  in  anaemic  patients.     Profuse 


48  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

sweat,  especially  about  the  head  and  neck.  Whooping  cough, 
in  obstinate  cases,  or  in  teething  children  and  weakly  consti- 
tutions. Suffocative  cough  in  children  ;  better  lying  down. 
Catarrhs  in  scrofulous  or  gouty  constitutions  with  anaemia. 
Spasm  of  glottis  from  retarded  dentition. 

Circulatory  Organs. — Palpitation  with  anxiety,  followed  by  a 
trembling  weakness,  particularly  of  calves.  Non-closure  of 
foramen  ovale.  Circulation  imperfect.  Sharp  pain  around  the 
heart  during  inspiration. 

Neck  and  Back. — Thin  neck  in  children.  Rheumatic  pain 
and  stiffness  of  neck  from  slightest  draught.  Backache  in  the 
lumbar  region  in  the  morning  on  awaking.  Cramp-like  pain  in 
neck  and  around  shoulder  blades,  small  of  back,  region  of 
kidneys,  when  lifting,  or  blowing  the  nose.  Soreness  around 
sacro-iliac  symphysis.  Aching  in  os  coccygis.  Potts'  disease. 
Spinal  curvature  in  young  girls  especially  at  puberty.  Spina 
bifida.     Buttocks  and  back  "asleep." 

Extremities. — Sore  aching  in  shoulders  and  shoulder  blades, 
and  along  arms  ;  cannot  lift  arm.  Shooting  tinrcmgh  elbows. 
Cramp-like  pain  in  forearms,  wrists,  fingers,  and  especially  in 
the  thumb.  Ulcerative  pain  in  roots  of  finger  nails.  Gouty 
nodosities.  Rheumatism  of  the  joints  with  cold  or  numb  feeling:. 
Rheumatism  worse  from  change  of  weather,  getting  well  in 
spring  and  returning  in  autumn.  Numbness  of  the  limbs 
and  coldness  or  a  sensation  of  ants  creeping  on  the  parts  af- 
fected. Rheumatic  gout,  worse  at  night  and  in  bad  weather. 
Aching  in  all  the  limbs,  with  great  weakness.  Rheumatic  pains 
flying  about.  Aching  soreness  of  thighs.  Pains  in  knees,  worse 
walking.  Lower  limbs  feel  numb.  Pain  in  shinbones.  Cramp 
in  calves.  Ankle  joint  feels  as  if  dislocated.  Gouty  pain  in 
toes  and  ankle  joints.  Coxarthrocace,  third  stage.  Bursa?. 
Chronic  synovitis.  Swelling  of  the  epipheses.  Bow  legs  in 
children.  Slow  in  learning  to  walk.  Fistulous  ulcers  on  the 
foot  joints  and  on  the  malleoli.  Potts'  disease.  Spinal  curva- 
ture.   Lumbar  abscess.     Syphilitic  periostitis  and  ulcers. 

Nervous  Symptoms. — Neuralgias,  commencing  at  night,  recur- 
ring periodically  ;  deep-seated,  as  if  in  the  bone  ;  tearing  pains, 


CALCAREA    PHOSPHORICA.  49 

worse  from  any  change  of  weather,  with  sensation  of  crawling, 
numbness  and  coldness,  or  like  electrical  shocks.  Pain  in  small 
spots.  Rheumatic  paralysis.  Languor,  weariness,  especially 
ascending.  Indisposition  to  work.  Trembling  of  limbs.  Great 
debility  after  weakening,  acute  diseases.  Convulsions  from 
teething.  Spasms  of  all  kinds  after  Magnes.  phos.  fails.  Epi- 
lepsy. 

Sleep. — Drowsiness,  especially  in  old  people,  associated  with 
gloomy  thoughts.  Hard  to  wake  in  the  morning.  Children 
cry  out  at  night.     Constant  stretching  and  yawning. 

Febrile  Symptoms. — Creeping  shivering.  Copious  night-sweats 
in  phthisis.  Cold  sweat  appears  on  the  face  and  coldness  of  the 
body.     Chronic  intermittent  fever  in  scrofulous  children. 

Skin  — Skin  dry  and  cold,  wrinkled.  Copper-colored,  full  of 
pimples.  Ulceration  of  scars.  Chafed  skin,  excoriations. 
Itchiness  of  the  skin.  Senile  itching  of  the  skin.  Eczema 
with  yellow,  white  scabs  or  vesicles  in  anaemic,  scrofulous  or 
gouty  constitutions.  Freckles  are  lessened  by  the  use  of  this 
remedy.  Herpes,  acute  or  chronic,  with  itching.  Eupus. 
Prurigo.  Pruritis  ;  itching  of  the  skin.  Vaginal  pruritis  of 
old  women.  Albuminous  exudations  in  or  on  the  skin.  Tuber- 
cles on  the  skin.  Scrofulous  ulceration  also  of  the  bones. 
Boils  form  ulcers.     Acne  rosacea. 

Tissues. — Anaemia  and  chlorosis  to  supply  new  blood  cells. 
Flabby,  shrunken,  emaciated  children.  Complexion  waxy,  green- 
ish, white.  Exostoses,  osteophytes,  bone  diseases.  Condyles 
swollen.  Rickets.  Non-union  of  fractured  bones.  Spina  bifida. 
Polypi,  nasal,  rectal  and  uterine.  Tabes.  Phosphatic  diathesis. 
Defective  nutrition.  Bones  thin  and  brittle.  Dropsical  affec- 
tions. Irregularity  in  development.  Emaciations,  accom- 
panying ailments.  Eeucaemia.  Excess  of  white  corpuscles. 
Broncocele,  goitre,  cysts.  Tumor  albus.  Pancreatic  diseases. 
Bursse.     Soreness  of  tendons  and  of  joints. 

Modalities. — The  symptoms  are  generally  worse  from  cold, 
motion,  change  of  weather,  from  getting  wet.  Many  symp- 
toms are  ameliorated  by  lying  down. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — Proved  by  C.  Hering,  collected  in 
4 


50  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Guiding  Symptoms,  vol.  iii,  and  Allen's  Encyclopedia.  A 
history  of  the  different  provings  is  found  in  the  Hahnemannian 
Monthly,  March,  187 1,  by  C.  Hering ;  also  a  Resume  by  him 
in  the  North  American  Journal  of  Homoeopathy,  vol.  xx. 

Administration. — The  lower  triturations,  3X  to  6x,  are  the 
potencies  usually  employed,  probably  achieving  most  satis- 
factory results,  although  the  higher  potencies,  30  to  200,  have 
given  brilliant  clinical  results.  Schiissler  prescribes  the  6x 
trituration.  Large  doses  are  useless  and  even  injurious.  Pro- 
longed administration  has  produced  nephritic  colic  and  pas- 
sage of  small  calculi. 

Relationship. — Very  similar  to  Calc.  carb.,  but  with  Calc. 
phos.  the  patient,  whose  complexion  is  dirty-white  or  brown, 
is  usually  emaciated ;  it  corresponds  more  to  the  acute  affec- 
tions of  the  lungs.  In  general  the  phosphate  prefers  the  dark 
complexion,  dark  eyes  and  hair,  while  the  carbonate  acts  best 
in  the  light-haired  and  blue-eyed.  It  occupies  a  ground  between 
Calc.  carb.  and  Phosphor.,  supplementing  the  latter  frequently 
to  great  advantage.  Calc.  phos.  and  Berberis  have  both  been 
beneficial  in  fistula  in  ano ;  both  have  great  similarity  in 
chest  symptoms,  particularly  such  as  follow  surgical  opera- 
tions. In  anaemic  headaches  of  schoolgirls,  follow  by  Magnes. 
phos.  In  dental  caries,  similar  to  Fhtor  ac,  Magnes.  phos.  and 
Silicea ;  in  epilepsy,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos.  and 
Silicea  ;  in  diabetes,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos.;  the  latter  also  is 
similar  in  worm  affections.  Follows  China  in  hydrocepha- 
loid  and  anaemia.  Complimentary  to  Carb.  an.  and  Ruta. 
In  neurasthenia  Calc.  hypophos.  may  be  called  for  preferably 
for  similar  symptoms.  In  the  copious  sweats  after  weaken- 
ing, acute  diseases  compare  Psorin.  In  acute  articular  rheu- 
matism, if  after  Natr.  mur.  and  Kali  phos.  there  remains  a 
trace  of  the  disease.  In  lupus,  compare  Kali  mur.  Butter- 
milk and  koumyss  are  invaluable  foods  for  the  aged,  because 
the  lactic  acid  in  them  dissolves  the  phosphate  of  lime  and 
prevents  the  ossification  in  tendons,  arteries  and  elsewhere. 
As  a  remedy  for  the  aged  compare  Baryta.  In  anaemia  and 
chlorosis  compare  also  Natr.  mur.,  especially  with  constipation, 


CALCAREA  SULPHURICA.  5 1 

palpitation  on  lying  down,  earthy  complexion.  In  acne  Calc. 
pier,  is  more  frequently  useful  for  boys,  the  Calc.  phos.  for 
girls.  Dyspepsia  temporarily  relieved  by  eating  is  met  by 
Calc.  phos.,  but  the  drug  for  which  this  symptom  is  specific 
is  Anacardium.  Chelidon.  has  a  similar  condition.  Compare 
Helonias  in  the  mental  depression,  debility  and  phosphatic 
urine.  Silicea,  anaemia  of  infants,  thin  and  puny,  with  a 
tendency  to  rickets,  but  with  much  oily  perspiration  on  the 
head  ;  also  Ferr.,  Cupr.,  Arsenic,  etc.  Zinc,  is  complementary 
in  hydrocephaloid,  and  Ruta  in  joint  affections.  In  non- 
union of  fractures  compare  Symphytum.  In  consumption 
Calc.  phos.  is  followed  well  by  Silicea,  Suiph.,  Tuberc;  and 
often  indicated  after  Phos.,  Merc.,  Iod.,  Ars.  iod. 

CALCAREA  SULPHURICA.* 

Synonyms — Calcii  Sulphas.     Calcium  Sulphate. 

Common  Name — Gypsum.     Plaster  of  Paris. 

Chemical  Properties — Formula,  Ca  S04.  It  is  found  in 
nature  as  anhydrite,  gypsum,  alabaster  and  selenite ;  also  in 
various  waters  constituting  one  source  of  permanent  hardness. 
Molecular  wt.,  172.  It  occurs  in  flattened  prisms  (selenite) 
and  in  earthy  masses  (gypsum).  It  is  a  fine,  white  crystal- 
line powder,  soluble  in  400  parts  of  cold  water,  insoluble  in 
alcohol  and  in  dilute  nitric  and  hydrochloric  acids.  It  can 
be  obtained  by  precipitating  a  solution  of  calcium  chloride 
with  dilute  sulphuric  acid. 

Preparation. — By  trituration,  as  directed  in  our  Pharma- 
copoeias. 

Physiologico-chemical  Data — Present  only  in  the  bile  accord- 
ing to  Bunge,  and  even  here  not  constant.  The  Calcarea 
sulph.  contained  in  the  bile  comes  from  the  liver,  where  it 

*  In  the  last  years  of  Dr.  Schiissler's  life  this  remedy  was  discarded  from 
his  list,  leaving  only  eleven,  instead  of  twelve  tissue  remedies.  It  has  been 
thought  best  to  retain  the  original  number  contained  in  the  previous  editions 
of  this  work,  as  much  clinical  evidence  in  favor  of  this  remedy  has  been 
collected.  In  the  later  editions  of  Schiissler's  Therapeutics  Natrum  phos. 
and  Silicea  are  substituted  for  this  remedy. 


52  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

fulfilled  the  function  of  destroying  worn-out,  red  blood  cor- 
puscles, by  taking  away  their  water. 

Through  a  deficiency  of  Calcar.  sulph.  in  the  liver  this 
destruction  of  unfit  corpuscles  is  delayed,  hence  the  blood 
soon  contains  an  oversupply  of  useless  cells.  Under  normal 
conditions  all  useless  blood  corpuscles  disintegrate  by  means 
of  Calcar.  sulph.  in  the  liver ;  their  remnants  are  excreted 
through  biliary  action  from  the  circulation  by  the  shortest 
route.  But  if  a  part  of  these  useless  corpuscles  must  be  de- 
stroyed by  oxidation  within  the  circulation,  their  elimination 
will  thereby  be  rendered  tardy. 

Such  remnants  as  are  not  excreted  by  way  of  the  liver  from 
the  circulation,  nor  taken  up  by  the  lymphatics,  reach  the 
mucous  membranes  and  skin,  producing  there  catarrh  and 
eruptions. 

General  Action. — Calc.  sulph.  stands  in  close  relation  to  sup- 
purations. It  cures  purulent  discharges  from  the  mucous 
membranes  and  purulent  exudations  in  serous  sacs,  as  well  as 
tubercular  ulcers  or  abscesses  of  the  intestines,  and  ulcers  of 
the  cornea,  etc.  It  is  curative  in  suppurations  at  that  stage  in 
which  matter  is  discharging  or  continuing  to  ooze  after  the 
infiltrated  places  have  discharged  their  contents  of  pus.  All 
ailments  in  which  the  process  of  discharge  continues  too  long 
and  the  suppuration  is  affecting  the  epithelial  tissues.  Acts 
upon  the  connective  tissue.  If  there  is  a  deficiency  of  it  in 
any  small  part  of  its  domains,  suppuration  is  the  result.  The 
presence  of  pus  with  a  vent  is  the  general  indication.  (J.  C. 
Morgan.) 

Guiding  Symptoms  and  Characteristic  Indications. 

Mental  Symptoms. — Changeable  mood.  Sudden  loss  of  mem- 
ory ;  of  consciousness. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Scaldhead  of  children,  if  there  be  purulent 
discharge  or  yellow,  purulent  crusts.  Suppurations,  etc., 
about  the  scalp.  Headache  with  nausea  and  with  feeling  as 
if  eyes  were  sunken.  Pain  around  whole  head,  worse  forehead. 
Craniotabes.     Vertigo,  with  deadly  nausea. 


CALCAREA  SULPHURICA.  53 

Eyes. — Deep-seated  abscess  of  the  cornea.  Inflammation  of 
the  eyes  with  discharge  of  thick,  yellow  matter.  Hypopyon  ; 
to  absorb  the  effusion  of  pus  in  the  eye,  after  Silicea.  Ret- 
initis. Deep  ulcers  of  the  cornea.  Ophthalmia,  pus  thick 
and  yellow.  Cornea  steamy,  pus  in  anterior  chamber ;  sensa- 
tion as  from  a  foreign  body  ;  has  to  tie  up  eye  ;  after  injury 
to  the  eye  from  a  splinter.  Phlyctenular  keratitis  and  phlyc- 
tenular conjunctivitis  when  accompanied  by  swelling  of  cervi- 
cal glands.  Hemiopia.  Twitching  of  eyelids.  Inflamed  canthi. 

Ears. — Deafness  with  discharge  of  matter  from  the  middle 
ear,  sometimes  mixed  with  blood,  after  Silicea.  Pimples 
around  ear.  Sensitive  swellings  behind  ear  with  tendency  to 
suppuration. 

Nose. — Cold  in  the  head,  with  thick,  yellowish,  purulent 
secretion,  frequently  tinged  with  blood.  Nosebleed.  One- 
sided discharge  from  nose.  Edges  of  nostrils  sore.  Yellowish 
discharge  from  posterior  nares. 

Face. — Swelling  of  the  cheek  if  suppuration  threatens. 
Tender  pimples  under  the  beard.  Hepetic  eruptions  on  the 
face.     Pimples  and  pustules  on  the  face. 

Mouth. — Inside  of  lips  sore.     Raw  sores  on  lips. 

Tongue. — Tongue  flabby,  resembling  a  layer  of  dried  clay. 
Sour,  soapy,  acrid  taste.  Yellow  coating  at  base.  Inflamma- 
tion of  the  tongue  when  suppurating.     Clay-colored  coating. 

Teeth. — Rheumatic  toothache.  Toothache  with  inside  of 
gums  swollen  and  sore  ;  swollen  cheek.  Gums  bleed  on  brush- 
ing teeth.  Gum  boils,  ulcerated  teeth.  "  The  best  remedy 
in  gum  boils"  (M.  F.  R.) 

Throat. — Suppurating  sore  throat.  Last  stage  of  ulcerated 
sore  throat,  with  discharge  of  yellow  matter.  Suppurating 
stage  of  tonsillitis  when  abscess  is  discharging.  Diphtheritis 
of  the  soft  palate  ;  fauces  are  much  swollen.  Quinsy,  discharg- 
ing pus. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Desire  for  fruit,  tea,  claret,  and  green, 
sour  vegetables.  Great  thirst  and  appetite.  Nausea,  with 
vertigo.  While  eating,  roof  of  mouth  sore.  Burning  pain  in 
stomach. 


54  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Abdomen  and  Stool. — Purulent  diarrhoea,  mixed  with  blood. 
Dysentery,  stools  purulent,  sanious.  Intestinal  ulcers  with 
typhus.  Painless  abscesses  about  the  anus  in  cases  of  fistula. 
Pain  in  region  of  liver,  in  right  side  of  pelvis,  followed  by 
weakness,  nausea  and  pain  in  stomach.  Diarrhoea  after  maple 
sugar  and  from  change  of  weather.  Prolapsus  ani.  Costive- 
ness,  with  hectic  fever  and  difficult  breathing.  Pus-like,  slimy 
discharge  from  the  bowels. 

Urinary  and  Sexual  Organs. — Red  urine  with  hectic  fever. 
Cystitis,  chronic  state,  pus  forming.  Nephritis.  To  control 
the  suppuration  in  cases  of  bubo  alternately  with  Silicea. 
Gonorrhoea  with  purulent,  sanious  discharge.  Abscess  of  the 
prostate.  Chronic  suppurating  stage  of  syphilis.  Glandular 
ulcerations,  etc.  Spermatorrhoea.  Menses  late,  long-lasting, 
with  headache,  twitchings,  great  weakness.  Extravasation  of 
pus  within  the  pelvic  tissues  unconfined  by  any  pyogenic 
membrane  (Betts). 

Respiratory  System. — Cough  with  purulent  and  sanious  sputa 
and  hectic  fever.  Asthma  with  hectic  fever.  Empyema,  pus 
forming  in  the  lungs  or  pleural  cavities.  Purulent,  sanious 
expectoration.  Pain  across  the  chest.  Pneumonia,  third 
stage.  Obstinate  hoarseness.  Third  stage  of  bronchitis. 
Empyema  after  thoracentesis.  Consumption.  Purulent  sputa. 
Catarrh,  with  thick,  lumpy,  white-yellow  or  pus-like  secre- 
tions. Croup  after  Kali  mur.  In  children,  severe  cough  with 
malaise  in  the  chest,  green  stools,  herpetic  eruptions. 

Pregnancy. — Mastitis,  when  matter  is  discharging,  after 
Silicea. 

Circulatory  Organs. — Pericarditis,  suppurative  stage. 

Back  and  Extremities — Pain  in  back  and  coccyx.  Fingers 
stiff.  Carbuncles  on  the  back.  Last  stage  of  gathered  finger, 
when  the  suppuration  is  continuing  and  only  superficial. 
Ischias.  Acute  and  chronic  rheumatism.  Hip-joint  disease, 
for  the  discharge  of  pus ;  this  remedy  with  Ferr.  phos.  and 
complete  rest  will  cure  this  disease.  Suppurating  wounds. 
Burning-itching  of  soles  of  feet. 

Nervous  Symptoms — Twitchings.  Weakness  and  languor. 
Neuralgia  in  aged  persons. 


CALCAREA  SUEPHURICA.  55 

Sleep. — Sleepy  during  the  day,  wakeful  at  night.  Dreamed 
she  had  a  convulsion  from  fright. 

Febrile  Symptoms — Typhus  when  diarrhoea  sets  in.  Hectic 
fever,  caused  by  formation  of  pus,  with  burning  in  soles.  Her- 
petic eruptions  all  over.     Itching  of  soles. 

Skin. — Boils ;  to  reduce  and  control  suppurations.  Cuts, 
wounds,  bruises,  etc.,  unhealthy,  discharging  pus ;  they  do 
not  heal  readily.  Burns  and  scalds,  second  remedy  for  the 
purulent  stage.  Carbuncles  discharging  pus.  Chilblains, 
suppurating  stage.  Crusta  lactea.  Yellow,  purulent  crusts 
or  discharge.  Purulent  exudations  in  or  upon  the  skin. 
Festers,  furuncles,  pimples,  pustules,  scabs.  Skin  affections 
with  yellowish  scabs.  Smallpox  pustules  discharging  matter. 
Purulent  sores  and  suppurations.  Ulcers  of  lower  limbs. 
Many  little  matterless  pimples  under  the  hair,  bleeding  when 
scratched. 

Tissues. — Abscesses  ;  to  shorten  the  suppurating  process  and 
limit  the  discharge  of  pus.  If  given  after  Silicea  it  will 
cause  the  abscess  to  heal.  Serous  swellings.  Cystic  tumors. 
Third  stage  of  inflammation,  with  lumpy  or  bloody  discharge. 
Mucous  discharge  in  cough,  leucorrhcea,  gonorrhoea,  etc., 
yellow  thick  and  lumpy.  Discharges  of  matter  or  sanious  pus 
from  the  skin  or  mucous  linings.  Effusions  when  pus  forms. 
Lymphatic  glands  discharging  pus.  Ulcerations  of  the  glands. 
Suppurations,  articular  or  anywhere  on  the  body.  Excessive 
granulations,  painful,  etc. 

Modalities. — Aggravation  and  renewal  of  the  symptoms  after 
working-  and  washing  in  water. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — Calc.  sulph.  was  proved  by  Dr.  Clarence 
Conant.  The  proving  appeared  in  the  Transactions  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  1873.  It  is  also  to  be 
found  in  Alleys  Encyclopedia,  vol.  ii,  page  410.  Nothing 
especially  characteristic  appears  in  this  proving.  In  the 
Guiding  Symptoms,  vol.  iii,  page  227,  is  found  a  complete 
arrangement  of  the  symptoms  of  this  remedy. 

Administration. — This  remedy  is  also  useful  externally  in 
such  affections  as  felons,  ulcers  and  abscesses.     The  most 


56  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

common  potencies  for  internal  use  are  the  6x  and  I2x.  L,ow 
potencies  are  most  useful  in  purulent  eye  troubles. 

Homoeopathic  Relationship. — Calc.  sulph.  resembles  Hepar 
sulph.,  but  acts  deeper  and  more  intensely,  and  is  often  useful 
after  Hepar  has  ceased  to  act.  It  is  also  useful  when  Kali 
mur.  ceases  to  act.  Apocyuum  contains  Calc.  sulph.  Compare 
Calend.  in  suppurations  ;  Kali  mur.  in  milk-crust  and  other 
skin  affections,  swollen  cheek,  croup,  dysentery  ;  Natr.  sulph. 
in  post-scarlatinal  dropsy ;  Silicea  in  hard  or  suppurating 
glands,  ulcers  of  the  cornese,  tonsillitis,  mastitis,  frost-bites. 

In  neuralgia  it  occupies  a  ground  between  the  very  acute 
pains  of  Magnes.  phos.  and  the  paralyzing  ones  of  Kali  phos. 
(more  in  aged  persons,  if  there  is  a  want  of  regenerative  force 
for  the  nervous  tissue). 

In  the  third  stage  of  inflammation  (resolution)  after  Kali 
mur.,  if  the  discharge  is  lumpy  and  bloody  ;  but  if  yellow  or 
mucous,  Kali  sulph.;  if  puslike  or  bloody  pus,  Silicea.  In  car- 
buncles, Anthracine  is  better.  Calc.  sulph.  is  often  useful  after 
Kali  mur.,  when  the  latter  has  but  partially  relieved,  also  after 
Bellad.  and  other  acute  remedies. 


FERRUM  PHOSPHORICUM. 

Synonyms  — Ferroso-ferric  Phosphate.     Ferri  Phosphas. 

Common  Name. — Phosphate  of  Iron. 

Chemical  Properties. — Formula,  Fe3  (P04)2.  It  is  prepared 
by  mixing  sodium  phosphate  with  sulphate  of  iron  in  certain 
proportions.  The  resulting  precipitate  is  filtered,  washed  and 
dried,  and  rubbed  to  a  powder,  which  is  bluish-gray  from  ex- 
posure to  the  air,  without  odor  or  taste.  Soluble  in  acids,  but 
insoluble  in  alcohol  or  water.  It  is  probably  this  phosphate 
which  is  capable  of  turning  blue,  which  occurs  in  the  lungs  in 
phthisis  in  bluish  pus  and  expectorations. 

Preparation. — The  pure  phosphate  of  iron  is  prepared  by 
trituration,  as  directed  under  Class  VII,  American  Pharma- 
copoeia. 


FERRTJM    PHOSPHORICUM.  57 

Physiologico-chemical  Data. — Iron  is  found  in  the  haemo- 
globin or  coloring  matter  of  the  red  blood  corpuscles.  Ac- 
cording to  Dalton,  it  is  not  found  in  such  considerable  quanti- 
ties in  any  of  the  other  tissues  of  the  body  except  in  hair. 
In  a  man  weighing  65  kilogrammes  (165  pounds)  there  would 
be  2.82  grammes  (44  grains)  of  iron  contained  in  the  entire 
blood  of  the  body.  The  organic  basis  of  every  cell  is  albu- 
men. Since  albumen  contains  iron,  each  cell  must  likewise 
contain  iron.  Iron  and  its  salts  have  the  property  of  attracting 
oxygen.  The  iron  of  the  blood  corpuscles  takes  up  the  oxygen 
from  the  inspired  air.  This  is  carried  to  every  cell  through- 
out the  organism  by  means  of  the  mutual  reaction  of  Iron  and 
Kali  sulph.  A  disturbance  of  the  equilibrium  of  the  iron 
molecules  in  the  muscular  fibres  causes  a  relaxation.  This, 
occurring  in  the  muscular  coats  of  the  vessels,  causes  a  dila- 
tation and  accumulation  of  blood  in  the  blood  vessels — con- 
gestion— blood-pressure  being  increased,  the  walls  rupture, 
and  hemorrhage  results.  Again,  if  the  muscular  walls  of  the 
intestinal  villi  suffer  a  relaxation  from  the  disturbed  equi- 
librium of  the  iron  molecules  diarrhoea  results ;  when  this 
occurs  in  the  muscular  walls  of  the  intestines  themselves  the 
peristaltic  action  of  the  bowels  is  weakened  and  becomes  less 
active.  This  causes  tendency  to  constipation.  Anything 
causing  a  relaxation  of  the  muscular  walls  of  a  vessel,  and 
consequent  hyperaemia,  such  as  an  injury,  finds  its  remedy  in 
Ferr.  phos.,  as  this  remedy  in  minute  doses  restores  the  equi- 
librium to  the  iron  molecules,  thus  strengthening  the  muscu- 
lar fibres.  Through  its  power  of  attracting  oxygen  iron 
becomes  a  useful  remedy  in  such  diseases  of  the  blood  cor- 
puscles as  anaemia,  chlorosis  and  leucaemia. 

General  Action. — From  the  above  it  is  readily  seen  that 
Ferr.  phos.  becomes  the  first  remedy  in  all  cases  depending  on 
a  relaxed  condition  of  muscular  tissue,  wherever  found  ;  also 
for  an  abnormal  condition  of  the  blood  corpuscles  themselves. 

If  a  new  supply  of  iron  molecules  is  given  to  the  relaxed 
muscle  cells,  caused  by  the  lack  of  iron,  their  normal  tonicity 
is  restored,  the  circular  fibres  of  the  vessels  contract  to  normal 


58  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

bounds,  with  equalizing  of  the  circulation  and  abatement  of 
the  fever. 

Its  field  of  action,  then,  is  in  all  ailments  of  a  hypersemic  or 
congestive  nature,  with  the  usual  accompaniments  of  these 
conditions,  such  as  pain,  heat,  swelling  and  redness,  quickened 
pulse  and  increased  circulation ;  in  a  word,  all  febrile  d'Sturb- 
ances  and  inflammations  at  their  onset,  especially  before  exudation 
commences.  Anaemia,  want  of  red  blood,  etc.  Especially  use- 
ful in  debility  of  children  with  failing  appetite,  becoming  dull 
and  listless,  loss  of  weight  and  strength.  Ferr.  phos.  not  only 
improves  the  strength,  but  helps  to  increase  the  bodily  de- 
velopment and  regulates  the  bowels. 

This  drug  is  by  Schussler  supposed  to  be  no  longer  indi- 
cated when  exudation  or  even  suppuration  takes  place  ;  but  if 
adapted  to  the  individual  patient  it  may  still  be  depended 
upon.  Only  when  it  fails  to  do  any  more  good  should  it  be 
relinquished. 

In  many  inflammatory  and  some  eruptive  fevers,  especially 
in  the  young  and  sensitive,  seeming  to  stand  midway  between 
the  intensity  of  Aeon,  and  Bellad.  and  the  dulness  of  Gelsem. 

Iron  is  the  biochemic  remedy  for : 

i.  The  first  stage  of  all  inflammations. 

2.  Pains  that  are  worse  from  motion  and  better  from  cold. 

3.  Hemorrhages  caused  by  hyperemia. 

4.  Fresh  wounds  caused  by  mechanical  injuries. 

Guiding  Symptoms  and  Characteristic  Indications. 

Mental  Symptoms — Indifference  to  ordinary  matters.  Doss  of 
courage  and  hope,  better  after  sleep.  Trifles  seem  like  moun- 
tains, annoyed  at  trifles.  Hyperemia  of  the  brain,  produc- 
ing delirium,  maniacal  mood,  mania  transitoria.  Delirium 
tremens,  very  talkative.  Dizziness  from  congestion,  conse- 
quences of  anger. 

Head  and  Scalp — Rush  of  blood  to  the  head.  Headache 
from  a  gouty  predisposition  {Natr.  sulph.).  Dull,  heavy  pain 
on  top,  during  profuse  menses,  from  cold.  Bruising,  pressing 
or  stitching  pain  and  soreness  to  the  touch.     Pain  as  if  a  nail 


FERRUM   PHOSPHORICUM.  59 

were  being  driven  in  one  side,  over  the  eye.  Congestive  head- 
aches, hammering  pain,  worse  right  side ;  pressing  a  cold 
object  against  the  spot  seems  to  relieve  the  pain  ;  relieved  by 
nosebleed.  Headache  with  vomiting  of  undigested  food,  top 
of  head  sensitive  to  cold  air,  noise,  jar ;  cannot  bear  to  have 
the  hair  touched.  Dull  right-sided  headache  from  vertex  to 
right  supra-orbital  region.  Ill  effects  of  sun-heat  (follow  with 
Calc.  fthos.).  It  is  the  chief  remedy  in  headaches  of  children, 
throbbing  sensation  in  the  head,  red  face  and  suffused  eyes  ; 
worse  from  shaking  the  head,  stooping  and  motion.  Blind 
headache,  sick  headache,  with  vomiting  of  undigested  food  ; 
vertigo,  with  rush  of  blood  to  the  head.  Symptoms  of  men- 
ingitis, with  drowsiness  and  heaviness.  First  stage  of  erup- 
tions on  the  scalp  ;  soreness  of  scalp ;  sensitive  to  cold  and 
touch. 

Eyes. — Suffused  eyes.  Acute  hypersemia  of  the  conjunc- 
tiva. Inflammation  of  the  eyes,  with  acute  pain,  without 
secretion  of  mucus  or  pus.  Acute  conjunctivitis.  Conjunc- 
tivitis, with  relaxation  of  conjunctiva  and  photophobia.  Pain 
in  the  eyeball,  aggravated  by  moving  the  eyes.  Retinitis. 
Eyes  inflamed,  red,  with  burning:  sensation,  sore  and  red-looking:, 
and  retinal  congestion.  Sensation  as  if  grains  of  sand  were  under 
eyelids.  Encysted  tumor  of  the  lids.  Stye  on  lower  lid  of 
right  eye.     Neuralgia  along  inner  orbit  and  nose. 

Ears. — Sensitive  to  noise.  "  Earache  after  exposure  to  cold 
or  wet."  (Copeland.)  Inflammatory  earache,  with  burning 
or  throbbing  pain,  or  sharp,  stitching  pain.  Tension,  throb- 
bing and  heat  in  the  ears.  Noises  in  the  ears  arising  through 
blood-pressure,  from  relaxed  condition  of  the  veins  not  return- 
ing the  blood  properly.  First  stag:e  of  otitis;  radiating  pains, 
pulsation  in  the  ear ;  every  impulse  of  the  heart  is  felt  there. 
Quick  pulse,  should  be  feeble  and  compressible,  indicating 
marked  debility.  Circumscribed,  dark,  inflammatory  appear- 
ance. Deafness  from  inflammatory  action,  or  suppuration 
when  there  is  cutting  pain,  tension  or  throbbing.  Tinnitus 
aurium.  A  marked  tendency  of  the  inflammatory  process  to 
be  diffused  instead  of  circumscribed ;  dark,  beefy  redness  of 


60  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

parts,  mucopurulent  discharge,  if  any,  and  a  tendency  to 
hemorrhage;  the  complete  establishment  of  the  discharge  is 
not  followed  by  the  relief  of  the  pain;  paroxysmal  and  radi- 
ating character  of  the  pain.  Inflammation  of  the  external 
ear.  Mastoid  process  swollen  and  sore.  Chronic,  non-sup- 
purative  catarrh  of  the  middle  ear,  with  thickening  of  mem- 
brana  tympani  and  probable  anchylosis  of  small  bones. 

Nose. — First  stage  of  all  colds  in  the  head,  predisposition  to 
catch  cold.  Smarting,  especially  in  the  right  nasal  passage, 
worse  on  inspiration.  Nasal  catarrh,  with  trickling  sensations. 
Congested  nasal  mucous  membranes.  Catarrhal  fever.  Epis- 
taxis,  especially  in  children,  and  a  concomitant  of  other  com- 
plaints. Nosebleed  of  bright  red  blood.  "Its  indication  in 
beginning  of  colds  or  in  congestion  of  the  mucous  membranes 
anywhere  is  similar  to  Aco?iite,  but  its  period  of  usefulness  is 
much  longer.  Unless  Aconite  be  given  immediately  after  ex- 
posure in  my  experience  it  is  useless,  but  the  remedial  value 
of  Ferrum  phos.  continues  for  several  hours."  [R.  S.  Cope- 
land.] 

Face. — A  florid  complexion,  with  less  nerve  tension  than  that 
of  Bellad.  Faceache,  with  flushing,  heat  and  quickened 
pulse ;  worse  on  moving ;  with  throbbing  or  pressing  pain, 
flushed  face,  with  accompanying  sensation  of  coldness  in  the 
nape  of  the  neck  ;  flushed  face  when  a  precursor  of  recurring 
headaches.  Anaemic,  chlorotic  face;  earthy,  pale,  sallow. 
Cheek  sore  and  hot,  when  cold  applications  are  grateful. 
Congestive  or  inflammatory  tic  douloureux. 

Mouth. — Gums  hot  and  inflamed;  redness  of  the  mucous 
membrane  of  the  mouth. 

Tongue. — Furred  tongue,  or  clean  and  red,  with  headache. 
Inflammation  of  the  tongue  with  dark  red  swelling. 

Teeth. — Toothache  with  hot  cheek,  worse  with  hot,  better 
with  cold  liquids  or  food  ;  teething  troubles  with  feverishness ; 
great  soreness  of  tooth  to  touch  or  pressure.  Teeth  feel 
elongated. 

Throat. — Inflammation  of  the  fauces.  Redness  and  pain 
without  exudation.      Ulcerated  throat,  to  relieve  congestion, 


FERRUM   PHOSPHORICUM.  6 1 

heat,  fever,  pain  and  throbbing.  Sore  throat,  dry,  red,  inflamed, 
with  much  pain.  Pharyngeal  abscess.  Red  and  inflamed 
tonsils  and  swollen  glands.  First  stage  of  diphtheria  to  lessen 
the  fever.  Hemorrhages  from  pharynx,  larynx,  trachea  and, 
perhaps,  bronchi.  Acute  catarrhal  affections  of  the  Eusta- 
chian tubes.  Sore  throats  of  singers  and  those  who  use  the 
voice  daily. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Aversion  to  meat  and  milk.  Thirst  for 
cold  water.  Desire  for  some  stimulant,  brandy,  ale.  Greasy 
eructation.  First  stage  of  gastritis,  with  pain,  swelling  and 
tenderness  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach.  Dyspepsia  with  flushed, 
hot  face,  epigastrium  tender  to  the  touch.  Furred  tongue, 
beating  and  throbbing  pain,  red,  flushed  face,  vomiting  of  undi- 
gested food.  Indigestion  from  relaxed  condition  of  blood 
vessels  of  the  stomach,  pain  after  taking  food  and  on  pressure. 
Deathly  sickness  at  the  stomach.  Inflammatory  stomach- 
ache in  children  from  chill,  with  loose  evacuations.  Vomiting 
of  bright-red  blood.  Flatulence  bringing  back  the  taste  of 
the  food  eaten,  loss  of  appetite,  distaste  for  milk.  After 
eating,  nausea  and  vomiting  of  food;  vomited  matters  are 
sometimes  very  sour;  cannot  take  acids,  herrings,  meat,  or 
coffee  and  cakes.  Persistent  vomiting  of  food.  Vomits  some- 
times before  breakfast. 

Abdomen  and  Stool. — First  stage  of  all  gastric  and  enteric 
fevers  ;  the  chilly  stage,  also  in  the  first  stage  of  cholera  and 
of  peritonitis.  Constipation  with  heat  in  the  lower  bowel, 
associated  with  prolapse  and  hemorrhoids  and  aversion  to  meat 
diet.  Diarrhoea.  Cholera  infantum,  with  red  face,  full,  soft 
pulse ;  stools  watery,  even  bloody,  after  checked  perspiration. 
Stool  watery,  contains  mucus  and  blood;  urging,  but  no  tenes- 
mus. Diarrhoea  from  a  relaxed  state  of  the  intestinal  villi,  not 
taking  up  the  usual  amount  of  moisture.  Stools  undigested. 
Diarrhoea  caused  by  a  chill.  Dysentery  (alternately  with  Kali 
mur.).  Hemorrhoids,  inflamed  or  bleeding,  bright-red  blood 
with  a  tendency  to  coagulate,  before  any  induration  occurs. 
Disposition  to  prolapsus  recti.  Inflamed  and  incarcerated  her- 
nise.     Intestinal  and  thread-worms. 


62  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Urinary  Organs. — Frequent  desire  to  urinate ;  urine  spurts 
out  with  every  cough.  Hsematuria.  First  stage  of  cystitis 
with  heat,  pain  or  feverishness.  Diabetes  when  there  is  a 
quickened  pulse  or  when  there  exists  pain,  tension,  throbbing 
or  heat  or  congestion  in  any  part  of  the  system.  Incontinence 
of  urine  from  weakness  of  the  sphincter.  Diurnal  enuresis  de- 
pending on  irritation  of  the  neck  of  the  bladder.  Ischuria ; 
suppression  of  the  urine  with  heat,  especially  in  little  children. 
Any  inflammatory  pain  in  the  kidneys.  Bright's  disease  with 
febrile  disturbances.  Irritation  at  the  neck  of  the  bladder 
and  prostate.  Symptoms  are  worse  the  longer  the  patient 
stands  and  better  after  urinating.  Polyuria  simplex,  exces- 
sive secretion  of  urine. 

Sexual  Organs. — Varicocele  with  pain  in  testicles.  Bubo 
with  heat,  throbbing  or  feverishness.  First  stage  of  orchitis 
or  of  epididymitis  and  gonorrhoea.  Seminal  emissions.  Fer- 
ritin phos.  has  a  close  relationship  with  conditions  of  irrita- 
bility of  the  womb,  associated  with  trouble  in  the  bladder, 
and  also  with  the  lining  membrane  of  the  womb.  Menstrual 
colic  with  flushing  of  the  face  and  quickened  pulse,  vomiting 
of  undigested  food,  sometimes  tasting  acid.  First  stage  of 
metritis  to  remove  fever,  pain  and  heat.  Excessive  congestion 
at  the  monthly  periods,  blood  bright  red.  Menses  every  three 
weeks ;  profuse,  with  pressure  in  abdomen  and  small  of  the 
back  and  pain  on  top  of  the  head.  Bearing-down  sensations 
and  constant,  dull  ovarian  pains.  Dysmenorrhcea  with  frequent 
urging  to  urinate.  Congestive  dysmenorrhcea  pains  before, 
and  during  first  days  of  flow.  Vaginismus  ;  vaginitis,  vagina 
dry  and  hot,  pain  in  the  vagina  on  coition  or  examination. 
Spasm  of  the  vagina  on  account  of  the  increased  sensitiveness 
and  dryness. 

Pregnancy  and  Labor. — First  stage  of  mastitis.  Morning 
sickness  of  pregnancy,  with  vomiting  of  food  as  taken,  with 
or  without  acid  taste.  After  pains  and  as  a  preventive  of  the 
fever  of  lactation. 

Respiratory  Symptoms. — Acute,  febrile  or  initiatory  stage  of 
all  inflammatory  affections  of  the  respiratory  tract.     Rhinitis, 


FERRUM    PHOSPHORICUM.  63 

laryngitis,  trachitis,  bronchitis,  pneumonia,  pleurisy  and 
pleuro-pneumonia.  Bronchitis  of  young  children.  Phthisis 
florida.  Expectoration  scanty,  blood-streaked,  chest  sore, 
bruised.  It  is  the  chief  and  first  remedy  for  the  stitches  in 
the  side,  catch  in  the  breath,  dyspnoea  and  cough,  and  should 
be  continued  until  free  perspiration  is  established.  Conges- 
tion of  the  lungs  with  debility  and  oppression.  Hsemoptysis 
after  a  concussion  or  fall,  with  short,  oppressed  breathing 
and  high  fever.  In  bronchial  affections  with  heat  and  burn- 
ing soreness,  no  expectoration.  In  chronic  bronchitis  when 
a  fresh  aggravation  sets  in.  Short,  painful,  tickling  cough 
from  an  irritation  or  tickling  in  the  windpipe.  Spasmodic 
cough  with  involuntary  emission  of  urine.  Hard,  dry  cough 
with  soreness  of  the  lungs.  Cough  with  rattling  of  mucus  in 
chest,  worse  at  night.  Croup,  for  the  febrile  symptoms. 
Whooping  cough  with  vomiting  of  food  ;  loss  of  voice,  hoarse- 
ness, huskiness  after  singing  or  exertion  of  speaking,  sore- 
ness, irritation  and  pain  in  the  larynx. 

Circulatory  Organs. — First  or  congestive  stage  of  carditis, 
pericarditis,  endocarditis  and  arteritis.  In  aneurism,  to  estab- 
lish normal  circulation  and  remove  complications  arising  from 
excessive  action  of  the  heart.  Dilatation  of  the  heart  or  of 
the  blood  vessels,  telangiectasi  and  nsevi.  Palpitation  of 
the  heart,  pulse  rapid  and  quick.  Varicose  veins.  Phlebitis 
and  lymphangitis,  first  stage.    Pulse  full,  round,  not  rope-like. 

Back  and  Extremities. — Stiff  neck  from  cold.  Pains  in  the 
back,  loins  and  over  kidneys.  Also  in  knees  and  ankles, 
shooting  pains.  Rheumatic  pains  worse  on  motion ;  move- 
ment sets  up  and  increases  the  pain.  Rheumatism  felt  only 
during  motion  and  better  from  warmth.  Articular  rheumatism, 
especially  of  the  shoulder ;  pains  extend  to  the  upper  part  of 
the  chest,  attack  one  joint  after  another ;  muscular  or  siib- 
acute  rheumatism.  Lameness,  stiffness  from  cold.  Rheumatic 
pain  in  right  wrist  and  in  shoulder.  Inflamed  fingers,  first 
stage  of  whitlow.  Hip-joint  disease  for  pain,  throbbing,  in- 
flammation and  heat  of  the  soft  parts.  Strains  of  ligaments 
and  tendons,  tenalgia  crepitans,  creaking  in  the  sinews  at  the 


64  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

back  of  the  hand.  Crick  in  the  back  (Calc.  sulph.).  Hands 
swollen  and  painful.     Palms  of  hands  are  hot. 

Nervous  Symptoms. — Malaise,  weariness,  great  prostration, 
debility  of  children,  with  no  organic  lesion.  Feeling  of  indo- 
lence. Feels  the  need  of  a  stimulant.  Rheumatic  paralysis. 
Nervousness  at  night.  Convulsions  with  fever  in  teething 
children.  Epilepsy,  with  blood  rushing  to  the  head.  Conges- 
tive and  inflammatory  neuralgias  from  cold. 

Sleep. — Sleeplessness  from  a  hyperaemic  condition  of  the 
brain.  Restless  at  night.  Anxious  dreams ;  drowsiness  in 
the  afternoon. 

Febrile  Symptoms. — All  catarrhal  and  inflammatory  fevers 
during  the  chilly  or  initiatory  stage,  rigors,  heat,  quickened 
pulse  and  pain.  Rheumatic,  gastric,  enteric  and  typhoid 
fevers  during  the  chilly  stage,  heat  and  feverishness  at  the 
beginning  of  any  disease  or  ailment.  Intermittent  fever  with 
vomiting  of  food.  Simple  cases  of  scarlet  fever.  First  stage 
of  typhus.  Chill  every  day  at  i  P.  M.  High  fever,  quick 
pulse  and  increased  temperature  ;  copious  night-sweats  ;  dry 
heat  of  palms,  face,  throat  and  chest. 

Skin. — Hyperemia ;  from  mechanical  injuries,  fresh  wounds, 
not  yet  suppurating.  Capillary  congestion,  with  burning  of 
the  skin,  more  exercise  and  warmth.  Abscesses,  boils,  car- 
buncles and  felons ;  at  the  commencement  of  these  affections 
this  remedy  reduces  heat,  blood-accumulation,  pain  and  throb- 
bing. Chicken  pox,  erysipelas  and  erysipelatous  inflamma- 
tions of  the  skin,  for  the  fever  and  pain.  Suppurative  pro- 
cesses on  the  skin  with  febrile  symptoms.  Measles,  scarlet 
fever  and  small-pox.  Pimples,  acne,  for  the  pain  and  heat  and 
congestion.    Ulcers  with  febrile  accompaniments.     Nsevus. 

Tissues. — Anaemia,  blood-poverty,  want  of  red  blood.  Leu- 
caemia. Hyperemia,  from  relaxation  of  muscular  fibres  of 
blood  vessels.  Pre-exudative  stage  of  inflammation.  Hemor- 
rhages from  any  part  of  the  body ;  blood  bright  red,  with  a 
tendency  to  coagulate  rapidly.  Epistaxis,  especially  in  chil- 
dren. Mechanical  injuries,  results  of  kicks,  blows,  falls  and 
cuts,  for  the  inflammatory  symptoms.     Bone  diseases  when 


FERRUM    PHOSPHORICUM.  65 

the  soft  parts  are  red,  inflamed  and  painful.  Dropsy  from  loss 
of  blood  and  draining  of  the  system.  Varicose  veins  in  young 
persons.  Fractures,  especially  if  soft  parts  are  wounded.  First 
stage  of  ostitis.  Sprains  externally  as  well  as  internally. 
Glandular  ulceration.  Wounds  of  the  soft  parts,  with  inflam- 
matory symptoms.  To  be  given  in  true  chlorosis  after  Calc. 
phos. 

Modalities. — All  the  pains  of  this  remedy  are  aggravated  by 
motion  and  are  relieved  by  cold.  Acts  brilliantly  in  old 
people. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — Ferr.  phos.  was  proved  by  J.  C. 
Morgan,  M.  D.,  in  1876.  The  symptomatology  is  to  be  found 
in  Alleys  Encyclopedia,  vol.  x,  and  in  the  Cyclopedia  of  Drug 
Pathogenesis,  vol.  ii.  The  wide  and  extensive  usefulness  of 
this  drug  is  entirely  owing  to  its  introduction  by  Schiissler. 
The  provings  up  to  the  present  time  do  not  give  a  sufficient 
basis  for  the  broad  clinical  applications  that  have  been  made 
of  it  according  to  the  indications  of  Schiissler,  although  the 
provings,  so  far  as  they  have  gone,  support  these. 

Administration. — Triturations  and  dilutions  from  the  6x  to 
the  i2x  are  recommended  by  Schiissler,  although  for  anaemia 
much  lower  preparations  have  been  used,  as  the  ix  or  2x. 
Competent  and  trustworthy  observers  have  found  it  advisable 
not  to  use  this  remedy  below  the  i2x  at  night,  as  it  is  exceed- 
ingly liable  to  cause  sleeplessness.  Its  external  application  is 
also  recommended  by  Schiissler  in  such  diseases  as  sprains, 
wounds,  hemorrhages,  hemorrhoids,  etc.  Cures  with  the  200th 
potency  are  reported  in  catarrh,  summer  complaint,  gonor- 
rhoea, etc.  Dr.  Morgan  (the  prover)  uses  the  30th  potency  in 
water  in  scarlatina. 

Relationship. — Corresponding  as  it  does  to  the  first  stage  of 
inflammation  without,  exudation,  its  nearest  analogue  is  Aeon. 
It  stands  midway  between  Aeon,  and  Gels.  Schiissler  ex- 
presses himself  as  follows  in  regard  to  the  use  of  Aeon,  for 
similar  indications :  "In  the  cases  in  which  the  vegetable 
remedy  Aeon,  is  used  for  irritation — hypersemia — the  basis  of 
the  first  stage  of  all  inflammations — the  practice  is  indirect 
5 


66  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

biochemistry.  Regarding  the  way  and  the  mode  in  which 
Aeon,  can  bring  about  a  cure,  there  are  two  possibilities  to  be 
thought  of.  Either  the  Aeon,  molecules,  which  have  reached 
the  seat  of  the  disease,  serve  as  a  temporary  substitute  for 
iron  molecules,  which  have  ceased  to  perform  their  function, 
but  only  until  the  functional  disturbance  has  been  repaired 
by  means  of  the  vital  circulation,  or  the  Aeon,  molecules 
cause  at  once  the  introduction  of  new  iron  molecules  into  the 
diseased  tissue,  and  are  themselves  ejected  as  foreign  bodies 
as  soon  as  the  integrity  of  the  latter  has  been  restored — a  fate 
which  naturally  also  would  be  shared  by  those  Aeon,  mole- 
cules which  might  have  served  as  substitutes.  Each  of  these 
possibilities  would  rest  on  indirect  biochemistry.  The  heal- 
ing of  the  irritation — hyperemia — however,  by  means  of 
Ferr. phos.  is  a  direct  biochemic  procedure."  {Walker's  Ed. 
of  Schiissler'  s  Diphth.) 

Aconite  has  a  more  bounding  pulse  and  the  characteristic 
restlessness  and  anxiety  ;  Gelsem.  a  more  soft,  flowing  pulse 
and  more  drowsiness  and  dulness. 

In  anaemic  conditions  compare  also  China,  with  which  it 
has  many  symptoms  in  common.  It  is  interesting  to  note 
that  the  tree  from  which  Chi)ia  is  obtained  is  always  found  in 
a  ferruginous  locality. 

In  its  action  upon  the  respiratory  organs  it  clearly  stands 
between  iron  and  phosphorus.  L,ike  Ferr.,  it  is  indicated  in 
congestion  of  the  respiratory  organs,  even  when  there  is  con- 
siderable fever.  Especially  notice  that  the  oppression  and 
dyspnoea,  both  of  which  are  extremely  marked  in  Ferr.  and 
Phosphor.,  are  duplicated  in  this  compound  and  afford  good 
indications  for  its  use  ;  so,  in  a  general  way,  symptoms  of  op- 
pression like  Phosphor,  should  be  treated  by  this  drug. 
(Allen,  Handbook?) 

Ferr.  phos.  corresponds  in  many  points  also  to  Bryon.y 
Bellad.  and  Arnica,  and  to  Hepar  and  Mercitr.,  especially  in 
acute  inflammation  of  middle  ear.  In  the  debility,  loss  of 
strength  and  vitality  of  children,  it  is  the  remedy  if  the  flesh 
be  firm,  complexion  delicate,  hair  light  and  curly  ;  but  Sulphur 


KALI    MURIATICUM.  67 

takes  its  place  in  dark-complexioned  children,  with  flabby 
mnscles,  long  and  lank  hair  and  moist  skin.  In  the  rheumatic 
affections  of  the  aged,  when  the  muscles  are  stiff  and  weakened, 
with  a  disposition  to  painful  cramps,  compare  Strych.  phos. 
California  Zinfandel  wine,  a  pure  claret,  the  product  of  the 
vine  growing  in  a  volcanic,  virgin  soil,  strongly  impregnated 
with  iron,  possesses  virtues  in  cases  of  anaemic  tendency,  prob- 
ably due  to  the  iron  soil  on  which  it  grows.  After  Ferr.  phos. 
is  frequently  indicated  Kali  mur.  (See  therapeutical  part.) 
Especially  in  diphtheria,  pneumonia,  croup,  etc.,  etc. 

In  chlorosis,  follow  or  precede  Calc.  phos. 

In  hemorrhoids,  Calc.  fluor. 

In  diabetes,  Natr.  sulph. 

In  broncho-pneumonia,  Tart,  eynet. 

In  ear  affections,  catarrhal  deafness,  Calendula  and  Hydras- 
tis. 

KALI  MURIATICUM. 

Synonyms. — Potassium  Chloride.  Kali  Chloratum.  Kali 
Chloridum.     Potassii  Chloridum. 

Common  Names. — Chloride  of  Potash  or  Chloride  of  Po- 
tassium. (N.  B. — This  drug  must  not  be  confounded  with  Kali 
Chloricum,  whose  synonyms  are  Potassium  Chlorate,  Potassae 
Chloras  and  Potash  Chloras,  whose  common  name  is  Chlorate  of 
Potash,  and  whose  formula  is  K  CI  03.  This  has  been  proved, 
and  the  authors  of  the  "  Giciding  Symptoms''''  have  deemed 
them  sufficiently  similar  to  Schiissler's  Kali  mur.  to  incorpor- 
ate them  in  their  work.     See  Vol.  VI,  "  Guiding  Symptoms."} 

Chemical  Properties. — Formula,  K  CI.  Occurs  in  nature 
in  mineral  carnallite.  It  may  be  prepared  by  neutralizing 
pure  aqueous  hydrochloric  acid  with  pure  potassium  carbon- 
ate or  hydrate.  It  crystallizes  in  cubes,  occasionally  in  octahe- 
drons. The  crystals  are  colorless  or  white,  melt  at  a  low  red 
heat  and  volatilize  at  a  high  temperature  without  decomposi- 
tion. It  is  soluble  in  three  parts  of  cold  and  two  of  boiling 
water,  and  is  insoluble  in  strong  alcohol. 


68  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Preparation. — The  pure  chloride  is  prepared  by  trituration 
as  directed  under  Class  VII,  American  Pharmacopoeia. 

Physiologico  -  chemical  Data.  —  This  salt,  according  to 
Schiissler,  stands  in  a  chemical  relation  to  fibrin  ;  disturbances 
in  its  molecular  action  cause  fibrinous  exudations.  Without 
the  presence  of  this  salt  no  new  brain-cell  formation  would 
take  place.  This  salt  is  found  in  the  blood  corpuscles,  muscles, 
nerve  and  brain-cells,  as  well  as  in  the  inter-cellular  fluids.  In 
its  physiological  character  it  is  closely  related  to  the  sodium 
chloride,  many  of  the  properties  of  which  it  shares.  If  the 
cells  of  the  epidermis,  in  consequence  of  any  irritation,  lose 
molecules  of  Kali  mur.,  fibrin  in  the  form  of  a  white  or 
whitish-gray  exudation,  is  thrown  off.  This,  in  drying,  be- 
comes a  mealy  eruption.  If  the  irritation  extends  to  the  tissues 
beneath  the  epidermis,  both  fibrin  and  serum  will  exude,  and 
the  involved  part  of  the  skin  will  be  pushed  up  in  the  form 
of  blisters.  Similar  processes  can  take  place  within  and 
amongst  epithelial  cells.  If  the  integrity  of  the  affected  tissue 
is  again  restored  by  the  administration  of  Kali  mur.  molecules, 
then  a  reabsorption  or  throwing  off  of  the  exudation  occurs. 
Either  result  is  attained  probably  by  the  production  of  hydro- 
chloric acid  formed  by  one  part  of  chlorine  from  the  K  CI 
with  hydrogen.  The  action  of  this  hydrochloric  acid  consists 
in  dissolving  the  fibrin  in  the  formative  (nascent)  state. 

General  Action. — Kali  mur.  corresponds  to  the  second 
stage  of  inflammations  of  serous  membranes  when  the  exu- 
dation is  of  a  plastic  character.  If  leucocytes  remain  after 
the  absorption  of  the  fibrin  of  a  plastic  exudation,  Natrum 
phosph.  is  serviceable.  Kali  mur.  answers  to  croupous  or  diph- 
theritic exudations,  and  hence  is  useful  in  such  diseases  as 
diphtheria,  dysentery,  croup,  croupous  pneumonia,  fibrinous 
exudations  in  the  interstitial  connective  tissues,  lymphatic  enlarge- 
ments, infiltrated  inflammations,  cutaneous  eruptions  from  bad 
vaccine  virus,  etc.  The  principal  general  characteristic  symp- 
toms are  a  white  or  gray  coating  at  the  base  of  the  tongue,  white 
or  gray  exudations,  glandular  swellings,  discharges  or  expectora- 


KAU    MURIATICUM.  69 

tions  of  a  thick,  white,  fibrinous  slime  or  phlegm  from  any  mucous 
surface,  or  flour-like  scaling  of  the  skin,  torpor  of  the  liver, 
etc. 

Kali  mur.  is  one  of  the  most  useful  and  positive  of  all  our 
remedies  in  the  hands  of  the  aurist — chiefly  suited  to  the 
second  or  later  stages  of  catarrhal  states. 

Guiding  Symptoms  and  Characteristic  Indications. 

Mental  Symptoms — Patient  imagines  he  must  starve. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Headache  with  vomiting,  hawking  up  of 
white,  milk-like  mucus.  Sick  headache  with  white-coated 
tongue,  or  vomiting  of  white  phlegm,  arising  from  a  sluggish 
liver,  want  of  appetite,  etc.  In  meningitis  as  a  second  remedy. 
Crusta  lactea.     Dandruff. 

Eyes. — Discharge  of  white  mucus  from  the  eyes,  or  yellow, 
greenish  matter  and  yellow,  purulent  scabs.  Specks  of  matter 
on  the  lids.  Superficial,  flat  ulcer  of  the  eye  arising  from  a 
vesicle.  Blisters  on  cornea.  Feeling  of  sand  in  the  eyes. 
Iritis.  Cataract,  after  Calc.  fluor.  Ulcers  of  asthenic  type, 
tedious  cases,  redness  not  excessive,  dirty-white,  yellow,  dis- 
charge moderate.  Onyx  and  hypopyon.  Trachoma.  Paren- 
chymatous keratitis.     Retinitis  when  exudation  sets  in. 

Ears. — Chronic  catarrhal  conditions  of  the  middle  ear.  Deaf- 
ness or  earache  from  congestion  and  swelling  of  the  middle 
ear  or  Eustachian  tubes,  with  swelling  of  the  glands,  or  crack- 
ing noises  on  blowing  the  nose  or  swallowing.  Deafness  due 
to  throat  troubles,  white  tongue,  etc.  Deafness  from  swelling 
of  external  ear.  Moist  exfoliation  of  epithelial  layer  of  the 
tympanic  membrane.  Granular  conditions  of  external  meatus 
and  membrana  tympani.  Excessive  granulations.  Prolifer- 
ous form  of  middle  ear  inflammation,  stuffy  sensation,  deafness 
and  naso-pharyngeal  obstruction.  Closed  Eustachian  tubes. 
"  When  Politzer  bag  fails  to  open  tubes,  after  a  few  doses  of 
Kali  muriaticum  they  may  be  inflated  easily."  (R.  S.  Cope- 
land).  Retracted  membrana  tympani.  Walls  of  external 
meatus  atrophied.  Seems  to  act  more  on  right  Eustachian 
tube.  Glands  about  the  ear  swollen.  Snapping  and  noises  in 
the  ear. 


JO  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Nose — Catarrh,  phlegm  white,  thick.  Stuffy  cold  in  the 
head,  whitish-gray  tongue.  Dry  coryza.  Vault  of  pharynx 
covered  with  adherent  crusts.  Nosebleed  in  the  afternoon. 
(Holbrook.) 

Face. — Cheek  swollen  and  painful.  Faceache  from  swelling 
of  face  or  gums. 

Mouth. — Aphthae,  thrush,  white  ulcers  in  the  mouths  of 
little  children  or  nursing  mothers.  Canker,  excoriation  and 
rawness  of  the  mouth.     Swollen  glands  about  jaw  and  neck. 

Tongue. — For  the  swelling  in  inflammation  of  the  tongue. 
Coating  of  tongue  grayish-white,  dryish  or  slimy.  Mapped 
tongue. 

Teeth. — Gumboil  before  matter  forms.  Toothache  with 
swelling  of  the  gums  and  cheeks. 

Throat. — The  sole  remedy  in  most  cases  of  diphtheria,  with 
Ferr.  phos.  Gargle  also  with  same.  Mumps,  swelling  of  the 
parotid  glands.  Pharyngitis,  throat  swollen,  spots  or  pustules 
appear  with  gray  or  whitish  exudation  (follicular).  Hawks  up 
offensive,  cheesy,  small  lumps.  Pain  on  swallowing.  Syphi- 
litic sore  throat.  Second  remedy  in  tonsillitis  as  soon  as 
swelling  appears.  Tonsils  inflamed,  enlarged  so  much  can 
hardly  breathe.  Grayish  patches  or  spots  in  throat.  White 
deposits.  Tonsils  spotted  gray  or  white.  Adherent  crusts  in 
vault  of  pharynx. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Want  of  appetite.  Biliousness  with 
gray  or  white  tongue.  Dyspepsia  and  indigestion,  with  a 
whitish-gray  tongue,  sick  feeling  after  taking  fat,  pain  and 
heavy  feeling  on  the  right  side  under  the  shoulder.  Fatty  or 
rich  food  causes  indigestion.  Indigestion  with  vomiting  of 
white,  opaque  mucus  ;  water  gathers  in  the  mouth.  Gastritis 
when  caused  by  taking  too  hot  drinks.  Pain  in  the  stomach, 
with  constipation,  vomiting  of  thick,  white  phlegm,  or  dark, 
clotted,  viscid  blood.  Bitter  taste  with  obstinate  constipation. 
Jaundice  with  these  symptoms.     (Holbrook.) 

Abdomen  and  Stool. — Jaundice  if  caused  by  a  chill  resulting 
in  catarrh  of  the  duodenum,  stools  light  in  color.  Sluggish 
action  or  complete  torpidity  of  the  liver,  pain  in  right  side, 


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pale  yellow  evacuations,  constipation  and  furred  tongue. 
Typhoid  or  enteric  fever,  looseness  of  bowels,  flocculent 
evacuations.  Abdominal  tenderness  and  swelling.  Typhus, 
with  constipation.  Small  white  thread  worms,  causing  itch- 
ing at  the  axm.s(Natr.phos.).  Flatulence,  abdominal  swelling, 
etc.  Second  stage  of  peritonitis,  typhlitis  and  perityphlitis 
(see  clinical  case  under  typhlitis).  Constipation,  light-colored 
stools  denoting  want  of  bile,  sluggish  action  of  liver,  or  oc- 
curring in  consequence  of  some  primary  disturbance,  espe- 
cially where  fat  and  pastry  disagree.  Diarrhoea,  after  fatty  food, 
and  in  typhoid  fever,  with  pale  yellow,  ochre  or  clay-colored 
stools,  white  or  slimy  stools.  Dysentery,  purging,  with  slimy 
stools.  Hemorrhoids,  bleeding  piles,  blood  dark  and  thick, 
fibrinous,  clotted. 

Urinary  and  Sexual  Organs. — Acute  cases  of  inflammation  of 
the  bladder,  in  the  second  stage,  when  swelling  has  set  in  and 
discharge  is  thick,  white  mucus.  Chief  remedy  in  chronic 
cystitis.  Inflammatory  affections  of  the  kidneys.  Dark  colored 
urine,  deposit  of  uric  acid.  The  principal  remedy  in  gonor- 
rhoea and  orchitis,  resulting  from  a  suppression  of  the  same. 
In  bubo  for  the  soft  swelling,  and  in  soft  chancres  it  is  also 
he  chief  remedy  (3X).  Chronic  stage  of  syphilis  with  char- 
acteristic pathological  conditions.  Gleet  combined  with  ec- 
zema, visible  or  latent.  Menstruation  too  late  or  suppressed, 
checked  or  too  early,  excessive  discharge,  dark-clotted  or 
tough,  black  blood,  like  tar.  Amenorrhcea,  menses  sup- 
pressed. Periods  too  frequent.  Leucorrhoea,  discharge  of 
milky-white  mucus,  thick,  non-irritating,  bland.  Ulceration 
of  the  os  and  cervix  uteri,  with  the  characteristic  discharge 
of  thick,  white,  bland  secretions.  Chronic  congestion  of  the 
uterus,  hypertrophy,  second  stage  (see  Calc.  fluor). 

Pregnancy. — Morning  sickness  with  vomiting  of  white 
phlegm.  Puerperal  fever,  chief  remedy.  Mastitis,  gathered 
breast,  to  control  the  swelling. 

Respiratory  Symptoms. — Doss  of  voice,  hoarseness  from  cold, 
tongue  white.  Asthma  with  gastric  derangements,  mucus 
white  and  hard  to  cough  up.     Bronchial  asthma,  second  stage 


72  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

of  bronchitis,  when  thick,  white  phlegm  forms.  Cough  in 
phthisis,  thick,  white,  milky  sputa.  L,oud,  noisy  stomach 
cough ;  cough  short,  acute  and  spasmodic,  like  whooping 
cough,  expectoration  thick  and  white.  Protruded  appearance 
of  eyes,  white  tongue,  croupy,  hard  cough,  harsh  and  barking. 
In  croup  the  principal  remedy  for  the  exudation.  Pneumonia, 
second  stage,  white,  viscid  expectoration.  Pleurisy,  second 
stage,  with  plastic  exudations  and  adhesions.  Wheezing 
rales,  or  rattling  sounds  of  air  passing  through  thick,  tenacious 
mucus  in  the  bronchi,  difficult  to  cough  up  ;  hard  cough. 
Child  grasps  at  throat  during  a  coughing  spell. 

Circulatory  Organs. — Embolism,  blood  in  a  condition  favor- 
ing formation  of  clots,  which  act  as  plugs.  Second  stage  of 
pericarditis,  plastic  exudation,  adhesions,  etc.  Palpitation 
from  excessive  flow  of  blood  to  the  heart  in  hypertrophic  con- 
ditions. 

Back  and  Extremities — Glands  of  neck  swollen.  Rheumatic 
fever,  exudation  and  swelling  around  the  joints.  Acute  articular 
rheumatism.  Rheumatic  gouty  pains,  if  worse  on  motion 
and  if  tongue  be  coated  white.  Rheumatic  pains  felt  only 
during  motion  or  increased  by  it  (Ferr.  fthos.).  Nightly  rheu- 
matic pains  worse  from  warmth  of  bed ;  lightning-like  from 
small  of  back  to  feet ;  must  get  out  of  bed  and  sit  up.  Hands 
get  stiff  while  writing.  Chronic  rheumatism  and  swelling, 
when  all  movements  cause  pain.  Chronic  swelling  of  the 
legs  and  feet,  painless,  itching  violently.  Second  stage  of  hip- 
joint  disease.  Ulcers  on  extremities,  fibrinous  discharges, 
bunions.  Tenalgia  crepitans,  creaking  of  the  tendons  on  the 
back  of  the  hand.     Chilblains  on  hands  or  feet  or  any  part. 

Nervous  Symptoms. — The  specific  or  chief  remedy  in  epilepsy, 
especially  if  occurring  with  or  after  suppression  of  eczema  or 
other  eruptions.  Should  be  persisted  in  for  some  time.  Tabes 
dorsalis. 

Sleep. — Startled  at  the  least  noise.  Somnolence.  Restless 
sleep. 

Febrile  Symptoms. — Congestions  and  inflammations,  second 
stage  of  any  organ  or  part  of  the  body.    The  second  remedy  in 


KALI    MURIATICUM.  73 

gastric,  enteric  or  typhoid  fever.  In  puerperal  fever,  the  chief 
remedy  for  the  exudation  ;  also  in  rheumatic  fever.  In  scarlet 
fever,  with  Ferr.  fikos.,  suffices  to  cure  most  cases.  Typhus 
fever,  for  the  constipation.  Intermittent  fever,  with  charac- 
teristic accompaniments  of  this  drug.  Scarlet  fever,  as  pre- 
ventive. Catarrhal  fever,  great  chilliness,  the  least  cold  air 
chills  him  through,  has  to  sit  close  to  the  fire  to  keep  warm 
and  is  chilly.     Better  covered  up  in  bed.  (Holbrook.) 

Skin. — Abscess,  boils,  carbuncles,  etc.,  in  the  second  stage, 
when  interstitial  exudation  takes  place,  and  to  cause  swelling 
to  disappear  before  matter  forms.  Acne,  erythema,  eczema 
and  other  eruptions  on  the  skin,  with  vesicles  containing 
thick,  white  contents.  Albuminoid  eczema,  or  other  skin 
disease,  arising  after  vaccination  with  bad  vaccine  lymph. 
Eczema  from  suppressed  or  deranged  uterine  functions.  Dry, 
flour-like  scales  on  the  skin.  Obstinate  eczema,  crusta  lactea, 
scurfy  eruption  on  the  head  and  face  of  little  children.  Its 
use  in  obstinate  eczemas  has  been  repeatedly  verified.  Burns 
of  all  degrees  (externally  also),  blisters,  etc.  Bunions,  chil- 
blains, eruptions  connected  with  stomach  or  menstrual  de- 
rangement. Erysipelas  vesiculosa,  the  principal  remedy. 
Herpes,  shingles,  lupus,  measles,  hoarse  cough  and  glandular 
swellings,  also  for  after-effects.  Pimples  on  the  face,  neck, 
etc.  Smallpox,  principal  remedy  ;  controls  formation  of  pus- 
tules. Ulcers  with  whitish,  flour-like  coating,  or  fibrinous, 
white  discharge.  Sycosis,  primary  remedy.  Ingrowing  toe- 
nail.    Warts  on  hands. 

Tissues. — Anaemia,  _  as  an  intercurrent  if  skin  affections  be 
present.  Hemorrhages,  dark,  black,  clotted,  or  tough  blood. 
Effects  of  blows,  cuts  and  bruises,  for  the  swelling.  Dropsy, 
arising  from  heart,  liver  or  kidney  disease,  from  obstruction 
of  the  bile-ducts,  from  weakness  of  the  heart  with  palpitation. 
Whitish  liquid  is  drawn  off  ;  white  mucous  sediment  in  the 
urine  and  white  tongue.  Fibrinous  and  lymph  exudations  in 
the  interstitial  connective  tissues  not  becoming  absorbed. 
Chief  remedy  in  glandular  swellings,  follicular  infiltrations.  Proud 
flesh,  exuberant  granulations.     Scrofulous  enlargement  of  the 


74  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

glands.  Scurvy,  hard  infiltrations.  Second  remedy  in  sprains, 
strumous  conditions.     Bad  effects  of  vaccination.     Syphilis. 

Modalities. — All  the  stomach  and  abdominal  symptoms  of 
this  drug  are  worse  after  taking  fatty  food,  pastry,  or  any  rich 
food.  The  rheumatic  and  other  pains  are  increased  and  aggra- 
vated by  motion. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — Hering's  Guiding  Symptoms,  Vol.  VI, 
contains  a  complete  resume  of  symptoms  of  this  drug,  but 
unfortunately  they  are  mixed  up  with  symptoms  of  Kali 
chloriciim  with  no  distinguishing  sign,  rendering  the  collec- 
tion of  symptoms  less  valuable  for  purposes  of  study  than 
would  be  the  case  had  they  been  kept  separate. 

Administration.  —  Triturations  and  dilutions.  Schussler's 
preference  is  for  the  6x  or  i2x,  though  latterly  he  has  given 
lower  potencies.  In  diphtheria  he  recommends  a  gargle  of  the 
3x,  10  or  15  grains  in  a  tumbler  of  water.  Its  external  appli- 
cation is  also  recommended  in  burns,  boils,  carbuncles,  skin 
affections,  warts,  etc.,  to  be  applied  on  lint  dressings. 

Relationship. — Corresponding  as  it  does  to  the  second  stage 
of  all  inflammatory  troubles,  immediately  upon  appearance  of 
exudation,  its  nearest  concordants  are  Bryon.,  Mercur.,  Apis, 
Thuja,  Spongia,  Iodine,  Pulsat.,  Rhus  and  Sulphur. 

Analyses  of  the  following  drugs  show  them  to  contain  Kali 
mur.  in  quite  considerable  quantities  (homceopathically  con- 
sidered) :  Phytol,  Sanguin.,  Stilling.,  Pinus  Can.,  Asclep., 
Ailanth.,  Anis.  stell.,  Hamam.  virg.,  Cimicif.,  Berber.  Most  of 
these  possess  many  symptoms  in  common  with  Kali  mur. 
When  full  chemical  analyses  shall  have  been  made  of  the 
various  drugs,  vegetable  and  animal,  we  shall  be  able  to  com- 
pare the  symptoms  of  each  drug  with  those  of  its  component 
parts.  Compare  in  Eustachian  tube  troubles  Merc.  dulc.  In 
syphilis  follow  with  Kali  sulph.  and  Silicea.  In  lupus,  Calc. 
phos. 

In  Schussler's  Therapeutics  Kali  mur.  assumes  a  role  much 
like  Sulphur  in  pure  Homoeopathy,  as  a  deep-acting  remedy 
with  eradicating  tendencies,  useful  as  an  intercurrent,  and  to 
prepare  the  way  for  other  indicated  remedies.     Kali  mur.  is 


KALI   PHOSPHORICUM.  75 

frequently  followed  by  Calc.  sulph.,  which  latter  completes  the 
action  of  the  former.  Kali  mur.  follows  Ferr.  phos.,  when  the 
true  lymph-exudation  of  ripening  interstitial  inflammation 
sets  in.  It  also  supercedes  Natr.  mur.  when  the  deeper 
layers  of  epithelium,  adjoining  the  connective  tissue  base- 
ment, are  involved,  and  even  suffer  exfoliation,  causing  a 
white-coated  tongue  and  an  opaque-whitish  secretion. 
(Morgan.) 

Kali  mur.  may  be  compared  with  the  chlorate,  Kali  chlor.^ 
the  most  poisonous  of  all  the  potash  salts,  a  violent  irritant  of 
the  whole  gastro-intestinal  mucous  membrane,  producing  gan- 
grenous ulceration.  Compare  in  aphthae,  dysentery,  epithe- 
lioma and  nephritis.     See  Allen's  Handbook. 


KALI  PHOSPHORICUM. 

Synonyms. — Potassium  Phosphate.     Potassii  Phosphas. 

Common  Name. — Phosphate  of  Potash. 

Chemical  Properties. — Formula,  K2  H  P  04.  Prepared  by 
mixing  aqueous  phosphoric  acid  with  a  sufficient  quantity  of 
potash,  hydrate  or  carbonate,  until  the  reaction  is  slightly 
alkaline,  and  evaporating.  It  crystallizes  with  difficulty.  It 
is  very  deliquescent ;  it  is  freely  soluble  in  water  and  insoluble 
in  alcohol. 

Preparation. — It  is  prepared  by  trituration,  as  directed 
under  Class  VII,  American  Pharmacopoeia. 

Physiologico-chemical  Data. — Kali  phos.  is  a  constituent 
of  all  animal  fluids  and  tissues,  notably  of  the  brain,  nerves, 
muscles  and  blood-cells.  All  tissue-forming  substances  retain 
it  with  the  greatest  obstinacy,  all  nutritious  fluids  contain  it, 
hence  we  may  well  conclude  that  it  is  indispensable  to  the 
formation  of  tissues.  We  know  also  that  the  oxidation  pro- 
cesses, the  change  of  gases  in  the  respiration,  and  other  chemi- 
cal transformations  in  the  blood,  as  well  as  the  saponifying  of 
the  fat  and  its  further  oxidation,  are  brought  about  by  the 
presence  of  the  alkalies,  and  chiefly  by  the  presence  of  Kali 


j6  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

phos.  This  alkaline  reaction  is  essential  to  a  large  number  of 
vital  processes  taking  place  in  the  interior,  and  is  present, 
without  exception,  in  all  the  animal  fluids  which  are  actually 
contained  in  the  circulating  system,  or  in  the  closed  cavities 
of  the  body.  (Dal ton.)  It  is  found  that  the  nerves  retain 
their  vital  properties  for  a  long  time  and  very  completely  in 
a  solution  of  this  salt.  By  the  diminution  of  the  excretion  of 
Kali  phos.  in  the  urine,  conditions  are  produced  within  the 
organism  which  may  present  many-sided  resistance  to  the 
typhus-decomposing  element,  as  well  as  to  the  extension  of 
the  typhus  process.  (Grauvogl.)  Kali  phos.  is  an  antiseptic 
and  hinders  the  decay  of  tissues.  Adynamia  and  decay  are 
the  characteristic  states  of  Kali  phos. 

The  most  important  discovery  of  Liebig,  that  phosphate  of 
potash  is  predominant  in  the  serum  of  the  muscles  and 
chloride  of  sodium  in  the  circulating  blood,  we  have  often 
made  great  use  of,  particularly  with  regard  to  preferring  the 
one  or  the  other  nourishment.  (Hering.)  A  disturbance  of 
the  Kali.  phos.  molecules  has  for  its  results  : 

i.  In  the  mental  sphere  such  conditions  as  bashfulness, 
anxiety,  fear,  tearfulness,  suspicion,  homesickness,  weakness 
of  memory,  depression,  etc. 

2.  In  the  vaso-motor  nerves  :  Pulse  at  first  small  and  fre- 
quent, later  retardation. 

3.  In  sensory  nerves  :  Pains  with  paralytic  sensation. 

4.  In  motor  nerves  :  Muscular  and  nerve  prostration  to 
paralysis. 

5.  Trophic  fibres  of  sympathetic  nerve  :  Retardation  of 
nutrition  to  complete  cessation  within  a  circumscribed  cellular 
domain,  hence  softening  and  degeneration  of  involved  nerves. 

General  Action. — Conditions  arising  from  want  of  nerve 
power,  as  prostration,  exertion,  loss  of  mental  vigor,  depres- 
sion. In  general,  a  sluggish  condition  of  mind,  which  will 
act  if  aroused  ;  also  an  exhausted  mental  condition  after  men- 
tal exertion  or  great  strain.  It  corresponds  to  the  hosts  of 
conditions  known  as  neurasthenia,  in  which  field  it  has  won 
its  greatest  laurels.     It  is  a  restorative  in  muscular  debility 


KAU    PHOSPHORICUM.  J  J 

following  acute  diseases,  myalgia  and  wasting  of  muscular 
tissue,  all  dependent  upon  impaired  innervation.  Atrophic 
condition  in  old  people.  In  cases  arising  from  rapid  decom- 
position of  the  blood  corpuscles  and  muscle  juice,  such  as 
hemorrhages  of  a  septic  nature,  scorbutus,  stomatitis,  gan- 
grenous angina,  phagedenic  chancre,  offensive,  carrion-like 
diarrhoea,  adynamic  or  typhoid  conditions,  etc. 

G-uiding  Symptoms  and  Characteristic  Indications 

Mental  Symptoms. — Anxiety,  nervous  dread  without  any  special 
cause,  gloomy  moods,  fancies,  looks  on  the  dark  side  of  every- 
thing, dark  forebodings.  Great  despondency  about  business 
and  pecuniary  affairs.  Indisposition  to  mix  with  people.  Dis- 
inclined to  converse.  Brain-fag  from  overwork.  Depressed 
spirits,  general  irritability,  or  great  impatience.  Loss  of  memory, 
omits  letters  or  words  in  writing,  uses  wrong  words,  confusion 
of  ideas.  Dread  of  and  oversensitiveness  to  noise.  Dulness, 
want  of  energy,  the  slightest  labor  seems  a  heavy  task.  Un- 
decided, captious,  changeable.  Rambling  talk  while  wide 
awake  {Natr.  mur.).  Effects  of  fright.  After-effects  of  grief. 
Hallucinations  and  illusions  of  senses.  Homesickness,  haunted 
by  visions  of  the  past  and  longing  after  them.  Hysteria  from 
sudden  emotions,  fits  of  laughter  and  crying,  false  impres- 
sions. Insanity,  mania  and  other  mental  derangements.  Pro- 
found hypochondria  and  melancholia.  Puerperal  mania.  Sigh- 
ing depression.  Shyness,  excessive  blushing  from  emotional 
sensitiveness.  Stupor  and  low  delirium.  Whining  and  fret- 
ful disposition.  Hysterical  yawning.  Delirium  tremens,  fear, 
sleeplessness,  restlessness  and  suspicion,  rambling  talk.  Grasp- 
ing at  imaginary  objects.  Mental  aberrations.  Softening  of 
the  brain,  early  stage,  starting  on  being  touched.  Mental 
symptoms  in  children  :  Cross  and  ill  tempered,  fretful,  fright- 
ened, screaming,  whining.  Night  terrors.  Shyness  and  ex- 
cessive blushing.  Somnambulism.  Very  nervous,  starts  at 
the  slightest  sound.  Talks  while  asleep.  Wants  to  be  car- 
ried while  awake  from  room  to  room.  Wakes  easily.  (Hol- 
brook.) 


78  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Vertigo  on  rising,  from  lying,  on  stand- 
ing up,  from  sitting  and  when  looking  upward.  Vertigo  and 
giddiness  from  nervous  exhaustion  and  weakness.  Cerebral 
anaemia.  Concussion  of  the  brain.  Asthenic  conditions. 
Headache,  nervous,  sensitive  to  noise,  confusion.  Headache 
of  students  and  those  worn  out  by  fatigue.  Headaches  are 
relieved  by  gentle  motion.  Pains  and  weight  in  the  back  of 
the  head,  and  across  the  eyes,  better  while  eating:,  with  feeling 
of  weariness  and  exhaustion,  inability  for  thought  and  charac- 
teristic mental  symptoms.  Headache  with  weary,  empty, 
gone  feeling  at  stomach.  Menstrual  headache  with  hunger. 
Neuralgic  headache,  humming  in  the  ears,  with  feeling  of 
inability  to  remain  up,  yet  better  under  cheerful  excitement ; 
tearful  mood,  better  when  eating.  Water  on  the  brain. 
Itching  of  scalp.  Back  or  head  sore  as  if  hair  was  pulled.  Se- 
vere pain  in  the  left  mastoid  ;  worse  on  motion  and  in  open  air. 

Eyes. — Weakness  of  sight,  loss  of  perceptive  power,  after 
diphtheria,  from  exhaustion.  Excited,  staring  appearance  of 
the  eyes.  Strabismus  or  loss  of  accommodation  after  diph- 
theria. Drooping  of  eyelids.  Inco-ordination  of  ocular 
muscles  and  loss  of  accommodation  for  near  objects.  Sensa- 
tion of  sand  or  sticks  in  the  eyes.  Soreness  of  eyeballs — sore 
around  edges  of  lids  and  burn  as  though  full  of  smoke.  Eye- 
lids twitch,  sight  blurred.     Black  spots  before  the  eyes. 

Ears. — Deafness  from  want  of  nervous  perception,  with 
weakness  and  exhaustion  of  the  nerves.  Noises  in  the  ears 
from  nervous  exhaustion,  on  falling  asleep.  Discharges  of 
foul,  offensive,  ichorous  pus  from  the  ears.  Ulceration  of 
membrana  tympani  and  middle  ear  suppurations  ;  when  dis- 
charges are  foul,  ichorous,  offensive,  fetid  or  sanious.  Atrophic 
conditions  in  old  people,  tendency  of  the  tissues  to  shrivel  up 
and  become  scaly.  Humming  and  buzzing  in  the  ears 
{Magnes.  phos.).  Itching  in  the  auditory  canal.  Hearing 
supersensitive,  cannot  bear  any  noise. 

Nose. — Epistaxis  in  weak,  delicate  constitutions,  predisposi- 
tion to  same.  Ozsena,  offensive  yellow  crusts,  ulcers.  Thick 
yellow  discharge.    Sneezes  from  slightest   exposure.    Yellow 


KALI   PHOSPHORICUM.  79 

crusts  blown  from  nose  followed  by  epistaxis.  Thick  mucus 
hawked  from  posterior  nares. 

Face. — Iyivid  and  sunken,  with  hollow  eyes.  Red,  hot, 
burning  face  and  forehead ;  at  other  times  pale  and  yellow. 
Neuralgic  faceache,  with  great  exhaustion  after  the  attack. 
Right-sided  neuralgia,  relieved  by  cold  applications.  Neural- 
gic stitches  from  upper  teeth  to  left  ear.  Pain  in  maxillary 
bones,  better  from  eating,  speaking  and  touch.  L,oss  of  power 
in  facial  muscles,  causing  contortions.  Itching  of  face  under 
beard  ;  pimples.     Facial  paralysis  from  working  in  the  water. 

Mouth. — Hydroa  on  lips.  Pimples  and  sore  crusts  on  lips. 
Peeling  of  skin.  Stomatitis  ;  breath  offensive,  fetid.  Gums 
spongy  and  receding.  Noma,  cancrum  oris  ;  ashy-gray  ulcers. 
Offensive  odor  from  mouth.     Saliva  profuse,  thick  and  salty. 

Tongue. — Excessively  dry  in  the  morning.  Feels  as  if  it 
would  cleave  to  the  roof  of  the  mouth.  Tongue  white,  slimy, 
brownish  like  French  mustard.  Inflammation  of  the  tongue 
when  excessive  dryness  occurs  or  exhaustion  sets  in  ;  edges  of 
tongue  red  and  sore. 

Teeth. — Predisposition  to  bleeding  of  the  gums ;  red  seam 
on  the  gums.  Severe  pain  in  decayed  or  filled  teeth.  Tooth- 
ache alternates  with  frontal  headache.  Toothache  of  highly 
nervous,  delicate  or  pale,  emotional  persons,  with  easily-bleed- 
ing gums ;  they  have  a  bright  red  seam  or  line  on  them. 
Nervous  chattering  of  the  teeth.  Speech  slow  and  inarticu- 
late. Gums  spongy  and  receding.  Teeth  feel  sore.  Grind- 
ing of  teeth. 

Throat. — Tonsils  large  and  sore,  with  white,  solid  deposits 
like  diphtheritic  membrane.  Throat  very  dry ;  desire  to  swal- 
low all  the  time.  Hoarseness  and  loss  of  voice.  Salty  mucus 
raised  from  throat.  Gangrenous  sore  throat.  Croup,  last 
stage,  syncope  and  nervous  prostration.  After-effects  of  diph- 
theria. Weakness  of  sight,  nasal  speech  and  paralysis  of  any 
part.  Malignant  gangrenous  conditions,  prostrations,  etc. 
Paralysis  of  the  vocal  cords. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Gastric  ulcer,  because  this  is  a  disturb- 
ance of  the  trophic  nerves.     Excessive  hungry  feeling  soon 


80  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

after  taking  food.  A  nervous  "gone  sensation  "  at  the  pit  of 
stomach.  Gaseous  eructations.  Gastritis  when  treatment  has 
been  delayed  with  asthenic  conditions.  Indigestion  with 
nervous  depression.  Stomach-ache  from  fright  or  excitement. 
Very  thirsty.  Nausea  and  vomiting  of  sour,  bitter  food  and 
of  blood.  Empty,  gnawing  sensation  relieved  by  eating. 
Belching  of  gas  tasting  bitter  and  sour.  Constant  pain  at 
epigastrium  in  a  small  spot.  Deep  green  or  blue  vomiting 
from  brain  troubles. 

Abdomen. —  Weakness  in  the  left  side  under  the  heart. 
Splenic  troubles,  flatulence  with  distress  about  the  heart,  or  left 
side  of  stomach.  Abdomen  swells,  dry  tongue,  etc.  Typhoid 
fever,  debility  and  other  characteristic  symptoms  of  this  drug. 
Abdomen  distended  with  gas.  Bearing  down  pains.  Colic  in 
hypogastrium  with  ineffectual  urging  to  stool ;  better  bending 
double.     Collapse,  livid,  bluish  countenance  and  low  pulse. 

Stool  and  Anus. — Diarrhoea  ;  painless,  watery,  from  fright  or 
other  depressing  causes,  with  great  prostration ;  stools  putrid, 
like  rice  water,  bloody,  carrion-like  odor.  Putrid  and  typhoid 
dysentery.  Watery  stool  with  imperative  call,  followed  by 
tenesmus.  Cholera  symptoms.  Noisy,  offensive  flatus.  Pro- 
fuse, painless,  offensive  and  imperative  stool  while  eating,  fol- 
lowed by  unsatisfied  urging.  Rectum  burns  and  feels  sore 
after  movements,  prolapsed.  Bowels  constipated.  Stools 
dark  brown,  streaked  with  yellowish-green  mucus.  Paretic 
condition  of  rectum  and  colon.  Hemorrhoids,  sore,  painful 
and  itching. 

Sexual  Organs. — Intense  sexual  desire ;  priapism  in  the 
morning.  Impotence  and  painful  emissions  at  night,  without 
erection.  Sexual  instinct  depressed,  much  of  the  time  en- 
tirely dormant.  Utter  prostration  and  weak  vision  after  coitus. 
Phagedenic  chancres.  Balanitis.  Female :  Menses  premature 
and  profuse  in  nervous  subjects.  Irregular,  scanty,  almost 
black,  offensive  odor.  Amenorrhoea  with  depression  of  spirits, 
lassitude,  and  general  nervous  debility.  Dull  headache  with 
menses,  very  tired  and  sleepy,  legs  ache,  stitching  all  through 
pelvis  and  womb.     Pain  in  left  side  and  ovaries.     Intense 


KALI   PHOSPHORICUM.  8 1 

pain  across  the  sacrum.  Leucorrhoea,  yellowish,  blistering, 
orange-colored,  scalding,  acrid.  Intense  sexual  desire  after 
menses.  Menstrual  colic  in  pale,  lachrymose,  nervous  females. 
Hysteria,  sensation  of  a  ball  rising  in  throat.     Nervousness. 

Urinary  Organs. — Enuresis  in  larger  children.  Paretic  con- 
ditions of  bladder.  Incontinence  of  urine  from  nervous  de- 
bility. Frequent  urination  or  passing  of  much  water,  frequent 
scalding.  Bleeding  from  the  urethra.  Incontinence  from 
paralysis  of  the  sphincter  of  the  bladder.  Cystitis  in  asthenic 
conditions  with  prostration.  Bright's  disease  of  the  kidneys. 
Diabetes  with  nervous  weakness,  voracious  appetite,  etc. 
Gonorrhoea  with  discharge  of  blood.  Urine  quite  yellow  like 
saffron.  Itching  in  urethra.  Cutting  pain  in  bladder  and 
urethra. 

Pregnancy. — Threatened  miscarriage  in  nervous  subjects. 
Puerperal  mania,  childbed  fever.  Feeble  and  ineffectual  labor- 
pains,  spurious  labor-pains,  tedious  labor  from  constitutional 
weakness.  Mastitis  when  the  pus  is  brownish,  dirty-looking, 
offensive  odor,  adynamic  condition. 

Respiratory  Symptoms. — Asthma,  from  the  least  food.  Asthma 
(large  doses  and  often  repeated,  3X),  depressed  condition  of 
nervous  system.  Eoss  of  voice  from  paralysis  of  vocal  cords. 
Hay  asthma.  Hoarseness  with  exhausted  feeling  from  over- 
exertion of  the  voice,  if  rheumatic  or  nervous.  Cough  from 
irritation  in  the  trachea,  which  feels  sore.  Expectoration 
thick,  yellow,  salty,  fetid.  Chest  very  sore.  Whooping  cough 
in  the  highly  nervous,  with  great  exhaustion.  Acute  oedema 
of  lungs,  spasmodic  cough  with  frothy,  serous  masses  being 
brought  up  in  excess  and  threatening  suffocation.  Shortness 
of  breath  when  going  up-stairs,  or  on  any  exertion.  Croup, 
last  stage,  extreme  weakness,  pale  or  livid  countenance. 

Ciculatory  Organs. — Feeling  of  faintness  in  nervous  people, 
or  dizziness  from  weak  action  of  the  heart.  Faintness  from 
fright,  fatigue,  etc.  Intermittent  action  of  the  heart,  with 
nervous  sensitiveness,  from  emotions,  grief  or  care,  with  palpi- 
tation. Functional  disturbances  of  the  heart  with  weak, 
anxious,    nervous   state.     Palpitation  from  slightest  mental 


82  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

emotion  or  from  walking  up-stairs.  Pulse  intermittent,  irreg- 
ular, or  below  normal.  Palpitation  after  rheumatic  fever,  with 
exhaustion.  Anaemia,  blood  poor,  palpitation  with  sleepless- 
ness and  restlessness.     Sluggish  circulation. 

Back  and  Extremities. — Spinal  anaemia.  Idiopathic  softening 
of  the  spinal  cord,  patient  has  trouble  in  guiding  himself  ;  loss 
of  power  of  movement,  he  tumbles  and  trips  easily.  Paralytic 
or  rheumatic  lameness,  with  stiffness  after  rest,  yet  becoming 
better  by  gentle  motion.  Pain  in  back  and  extremities,  re- 
lieved by  motion,  aching  between  scapulae.  Finger  tips  as  if 
asleep.  Itching  of  palms  and  soles.  Itching  of  legs  at  night 
with  numbness  and  weakness.  Burning  of  feet — fidgety  feel- 
ing in  feet.  Pains  worse  on  rising  from  a  sitting  posture  and 
by  violent  exertion.  Bruised  and  painful  feelings  in  parts  af- 
fected, also  discoloration.  Acute  and  chronic  rheumatism, 
pains  disappear  on  moving  about,  severe  in  the  morning  after 
rest  and  on  first  rising  from  a  sitting  position,  parts  feel  stiff. 
Exertion  and  fatigue  aggravate.  Stiffness,  paralytic  tendency. 
Pain  in  the  hips.  Paralyzing,  drawing  pain  in  sole  of  foot. 
Chilblains  on  the  toes.  Muscular  weakness  after  severe  illness. 

Nervous  Symptoms. — The  great  nervous  tissue  salt.  Neural- 
gic pains  occurring:  in  any  organ,  with  depression,  failure  of 
strength,  sensitiveness  to  noise  and  light,  improved  during  pleasant 
excitement,  and  by  gentle  motion,  but  most  felt  when  quiet  or  alone. 
Sciatica.  Dragging  pain  down  back  of  thigh  to  knee,  torpor, 
stiffness,  great  restlessness  and  pain,  nervous  exhaustion,  etc. 
Nervousness  without  any  reasonable  cause  ;  patient  sheds  tears 
and  makes  "mountains  out  of  molehills."  Paralysis  of  any 
part  of  the  body,  partial,  paraplegia,  hemiplegia,  facial,  or  of 
the  bladder,  upper  lid,  etc.  Paralysis  usually  comes  on  sud- 
denly. Atrophic  paralysis.  Locomotor  paralysis,  loss  of 
motor  force,  or  stimulating  power.  Creeping  paralysis  in 
which  the  progress  is  slow,  and  tendency  to  wasting  of  the 
body,  with  loss  of  sense  of  touch,  facial  paralysis.  Epilepsy, 
sunken  countenance,  coldness  and  palpitation  after  the  attack. 
Attacks  come  from  a  fright.  Hysteria,  attacks  from  sudden 
emotion,  feeling  of  a  ball  rising  in  the  throat,  nervous,  rest- 


KALI   PHOSPHORICUM.  83 

less,  fidgety  feeling.  Trembling  sensation.  General  debility, 
with  nervousness  and  irritability.  Bodily  pains  felt  too 
acutely.  Easily  startled.  Fears  burglars.  Neurasthenia, 
especially  from  sexual  excess,  characterized  by  severe  spinal 
irritation.  Paroxysms  of  pain,  with  subsequent  exhaustion.  In- 
fantile paralysis.  Spinal  anaemia  from  exhausting  diseases, 
with  laming  pain,  worse  while  at  rest,  but  manifest  on  begin- 
ning to  move. 

Sleep. — Sleeplessness,  after  worry  or  excitement  from  nerv- 
ous causes.  Somnambulism,  walking  in  sleep  in  children. 
Yawning,  stretching  and  weariness,  with  sensation  of  empti- 
ness at  pit  of  stomach.  Hysterical  yawning.  Constant  dream- 
ing of  fire,  robbers,  of  falling,  ghosts,  etc.  Night  terrors  of 
children.  Awakening  from  sound  sleep  screaming  with  fright. 
Lascivious  dreams.  No  desire  to  rise  in  the  morning. 
Twitching  of  muscles,  on  falling  asleep. 

Febrile  Symptoms. — Intermittent  fever;  fetid,  debilitating, 
profuse  perspiration.  Typhus,  malignant,  putrid,  camp,  nerv- 
ous or  brain  fevers.  The  chief  remedy  in  typhoid,  gastric  and 
enteric  fevers  with  brown,  dry  tongue,  petechias,  sleeplessness, 
stupor,  delirium,  etc.  All  typhoid  and  malignant  symptoms 
are  met  by  this  drug.  High  temperature.  Scarlet  fever, 
putrid  conditions  of  the  throat,  exhaustion,  stupor,  etc.  Ex- 
cessive and  exhausting  perspirations  with  fetid  odor.  Perspira- 
tion while  eating,  with  weakness  at  stomach.  Hay  fever ; 
for  nervous  irritability. 

Skin. — Eczema  if  oversensitiveness  and  nervousness  accom- 
pany it.  Felons,  abscess  and  carbuncle  when  the  matter 
becomes  fetid.  Pemphigus  malignus,  blisters  and  blebs  over 
the  body,  watery  contents,  skin  wrinkled  and  withered- 
looking.  Greasy  scabs  with  offensive  smell.  Alopecia  areata. 
Irritating  secretions  on  skin.  Itching  of  the  inside  of  hands  and 
feet  where  the  skin  is  thickest.  Itching  of  the  skin  with  crawl- 
ing sensation ;  gentle  friction  agreeable,  excess  causes  sore- 
ness and  chafing.  Smallpox,  putrid  conditions.  Chilblains 
on  the  toes,  hands  or  ears,  tingling  and  itching  pain.  Malig- 
nant pustule. 


84  the  twelve;  tissue  remedies. 

Tissues. — Anaemic  conditions.  Losing  flesh  all  the  time. 
Atrophy,  wasting  diseases  with  putrid  stools.  Hemorrhages. 
Blood  dark,  thin  and  not  coagulating,  putrid.  General  de- 
bility and  exhaustion.  Persons  who  suffer  from  suppressed 
sexual  instinct  or  too  much  indulgence.  Serous,  ichorous, 
sanious,  foul  and  offensive  exudations,  corroding,  chafing  ex- 
udations. Gangrenous  conditions.  Mortification  in  the  early 
stages.  Cancer ;  for  the  pains,  offensive  discharges  and  dis- 
coloration. Rickets  with  putrid  discharges  from  the  bowels. 
Scurvy  with  gangrenous  conditions.  Septic  hemorrhages.  Sup- 
purations with  dirty,  foul,  ichorous,  offensive  discharge  of 
pus.  Leucaemia  lienalis,  typhus,  putrid  states.  Atrophic 
condition  in  old  people,  tissues  dry,  scaly,  lack  of  vitality. 
Discharges  have  a  carrion-like  odor. 

Modalities. — Many  symptoms  of  this  remedy  are  aggravated 
by  noise,  by  rising  from  a  sitting  posture,  by  exertion  and 
continued  exercise  and  after  rest.  Cold  air  aggravates  all  pains. 
The  characteristic  ameliorations  are  gentle  motion,  eating, 
under  excitement  and  company  ;  worse  when  alone.  Pains 
and  itchings  worse  2  to  5  A.  M. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — The  remedy  has  been  proved  by  the 
Provers'  Union  of  Chicago,  under  the  direction  of  Dr.  H.  C. 
Allen,  the  salient  features  of  which  are  included  in  the  above 
symptomatology.  Another  so-called  proving  has  been  made 
for  Dr.  B.  Fincke,  in  a  very  sensitive  young  woman,  with  the 
cm.  potency  held  between  the  fingers  !  We  must  confess 
that  we  have  not  read  the  account  of  this  heroic  proving,  as 
we  could  not  conscientiously  incorporate  it  in  our  treatise. 
However,  any  one  interested  in  this  curiosity  can  find  a  re- 
port of  it  in  the  Proceedings  of  I.  H.  A.  Transactions,  and 
also  in  The  Medical  Advance,  March,  1892,  in  which  number 
also  Dr.  Allen's  arrangement  of  his  proving  can  be  found.  A 
carefully  prepared  differential  diagnosis  of  the  phosphates 
from  the  imperfect  materials,  then  in  hand  by  the  late  Dr. 
Samuel  Lilienthal,  can  be  found  in  the  Transactions  of  the 
American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy  for  1890.  The  drug 
merits  more  extended,  careful  provings  with  all  potencies. 


KALI   PHOSPHORICUM.  85 

Administration. — The  lower  potencies  seem  to  work  best ; 
thus  the  2x  or  3X  in  asthma  is  recommended  by  Schiissler. 
However,  the  higher,  6x  and  i2x,  and  high  potencies  have 
all  been  employed  with  success. 

Relationship. — Probably  the  nearest  analogues  are  Rhus  tox. 
and  Phosph.,  with  which  it  has  many  symptoms  in  common. 
The  nervous  symptoms  of  Pulsat.  seem  to  depend  on  the 
amount  of  Kali  phos.  present.  The  peculiar  mental  state  of 
Pulsat.  is  also  found  under  this  remedy.  Phytol.  also  has 
many  symptoms  in  common  with  Kali  phos.  Compare  the 
sciatica.  Ignat.,  too,  probably  contains  Kali  phos.,  as  the 
hysterical  symptoms  are  nearly  identical.  Kali  phos.  in  its 
actions  as  a  nerve  sedative  is  related  to  Ignat.,  Coffea,  Hyoscy., 
Chamom.  In  menstrual  headaches  compare  Zinc,  Cimicif., 
Gelsem.,  Cyclamen,  etc.  In  bladder  troubles  Kali  phos.  often 
finds  a  complementary  remedy  in  Magnes.  phos.,  the  latter  cor- 
responding more  to  the  spasmodic  affections,  while  Kali  phos. 
more  to  the  paralytic  symptoms.  In  incipient  paralysis  of  the 
brain,  when  nephritic  irritation  accompanies,  compare  Zinc, 
phos.  In  hemorrhages,  bright  or  dark  red,  thin,  watery,  not 
clotted,  follow  Kali  phos.  by  Natr.  mur.,  also  Nitr.  ac.  After 
weakening  diseases,  the  French  variety  of  mushrooms,  which 
contain  large  quantities  of  Kali  phos.,  restore  the  muscles 
more  quickly  than  anything  else.  In  its  disordered  mental 
conditions  compare  Cyclam.,  which  frequently  corrects  the 
abnormal,  dreamlike,  mental  state  of  the  insane.  Compare 
Kali  mur.  in  puerpural  fever.  In  post-diphtheritic  complaints 
compare  Lachesis,  Caust.  In  the  gangrenous  conditions  com- 
pare Kali  chlor. 

Groups  for  study  with  Kali  phos.: 

1.  Nervous  system,  Cimicif.,  Hyos.,  Stramon.,  Zinc,  Silicea, 
Ignat,  Anacard.,  Conium,  Staphisag. 

2.  Blood  degeneration,  Baptis.,  Mur.  acid,  Laches.,  Crotalus, 
Kreosote,  Arsenic,  Carbo,  China. 


86  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 


KALI  SULPHURICUM. 

Synonyms. — Potassium  Sulphate.  Kali  Sulphas.  Potassse 
Sulphas. 

Common  Name. — Sulphate  of  Potash. 

Chemical  Properties. — Formula,  K  S04.  Occurs  native  in 
lavas,  etc.  Crystallizes  in  short,  permanent,  colorless  four- 
and  six-sided  prisms.  It  is  soluble  in  ten  parts  of  cold  and 
three  parts  of  boiling  water.  It  is  insoluble  in  alcohol.  It 
has  a  sharp,  bitter,  saline  taste. 

Preparation. — Pure  sulphate  of  potash  is  prepared  by  tritu- 
ration, as  directed  under  Class  VII,  American  Homoeopathic 
Pharmacopoeia. 

Physiologico  chemical  Data. — This  remedy,  according  to 
Schiissler,  is  the  function  remedy  of  the  epidermis  and  of  the 
epithelium.  A  deficiency  of  this  cell  salt  causes  a  yellow, 
slimy  deposit  on  the  tongue,  slimy,  thin,  or  decidedly  yellow 
or  greenish  discharge  and  secretions  of  watery  matter  from 
any  of  the  mucous  surfaces,  and  epithelial  or  epidermal  des- 
quamation. The  yellowness  is  probably  due  to  retrograde 
metamorphosis — fatty  degeneration  of  inflammatory  products 
and  of  effete  epithelium,  etc. 

The  sulphates  in  nature  and  the  oxide  of  iron  serve  as  oxy- 
gen carriers.  If  sulphate  and  iron  oxide  come  in  contact  simul- 
taneously with  an  organic  substance  in  a  state  of  decay  they 
give  off  their  oxygen,  and  sulphate  of  iron  is  formed  thereby  ; 
this  may  again  be  decomposed  by  the  oxygen  of  the  air, 
forming  sulphuric  acid  and  iron  oxide,  which,  under  favorable 
conditions,  become  again  carriers  of  oxygen.  Similar  pro- 
cesses may  occur  in  the  human  organism.  Therefore,  of  the 
sulphates,  Kali  sulph.  probably  plays  an  important  role,  be- 
cause it  is  found  in  the  cells  and  in  the  intercellular  fluids, 
muscles,  nerves,  epithelium  and  in  the  blood  corpuscles.  It 
is  the  carrier  of  oxygen.  The  oxygen  taken  up  by  the  iron 
contained  in  the  blood  corpuscles  is  carrried  to  every  cell  of 
the  organism  by  the  reciprocal  action  of  Kali  sulph.  and  iron. 
Kvery  cell  requires  for  its  growth  and  development  the  vital- 


KALI    STJXPHURICUM.  87 

izing  influence  of  oxygen.  But  its  continued  action  oxidizes 
the  organic  basis  of  the  cells.  Hence,  they  disintegrate  into 
their  constituent  elements.  A  deficiency  of  Kali  sulph.  may, 
according  to  location  and  extent,  occasion  the  following 
symptoms  :  Feeling  of  heaviness  and  weariness,  vertigo,  chilli- 
ness, palpitation,  fear,  melancholy,  toothache,  headache,  pains 
in  the  limbs,  which  intermit  and  change  location.  These 
pains  are  worse  in  closed  rooms,  warmth  and  towards  evening, 
and  better  in  fresh,  open  air,  that  is  rich  in  oxygen. 

Epidermis  and  epithelial  cells  poorly  fed  with  oxygen 
loosen  and  desquamate  freely.  If  oxygen  is  brought  to  the 
suffering  parts  by  means  of  Kali  sulph.  the  formation  of  new 
cells  is  thereby  furthered,  and  these  hasten,  by  their  activity, 
to  promote  the  desquamation  of  the  old  ones. 

General  Action. — It  is  applicable  to  the  third  stage  of  in- 
flammation or  to  its  stage  of  retrogression,  the  sulphates  being 
characteristic  products  of  the  oxidation  of  tissue  and  the  potas- 
sium having  its  special  sphere  in  the  solids,  and  the  resulting 
salt  becomes  a  prominent  constituent  of  their  ashes,  whence 
we  can  infer  its  homceopathicity  to  the  same  stage.  Ailments 
accompanied  by  profuse  desquamation  of  epidermis.  Yellow 
mucous  discharges.  Rise  in  temperature  at  night  producing  an 
evening  aggravation.  Another  characteristic  indication  is 
amelioration  in  the  cool,  open  air.  Diseases  caused  by  a  retro- 
cession of  eruptions.  To  produce  perspiration  if  Ferr.  phos. 
fails. 

Guiding  Symptoms  and  Characteristic  Indications. 

Mental  Symptoms — Fear  of  falling. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Vertigo,  especially  on  looking  and  ris- 
ing. Headache,  which  grows  worse  in  a  warm  room  and  in 
the  evening,  and  is  better  in  the  cool  or  open  air.  Falling  out 
of  the  hair,  bald  spots.  Rheumatic  headaches,  beginning  in 
the  evening  and  in  a  heated  atmosphere  ;  worse  moving  head 
from  side  to  side  or  backward.  Copious  scaling  of  scalp, 
moist  and  sticky.     Dandruff  and  scaldhead. 

Eyes. — Cataract,  opacity   of  the  crystalline  lens,     Yellow 


88  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

crusts  on  the  eyelids,  yellowish  or  greenish,  purulent  discharge 
from  the  eyes.  Conjunctivitis,  ophthalmia  neonatorum.  Ab- 
scess of  the  cornea.     Hypopyon. 

Ears. — Deafness  from  congestion  of  the  tympanic  cavity,  or 
with  catarrh  and  swelling  of  Eustachian  lining.  Worse  in  a 
heated  room,  with  a  yellow,  slimy  coating  on  the  tongue. 
Earache,  with  discharge  of  watery  or  yellow  matter.  Secretion 
of  thin,  bright-yellow,  or  greenish  fluid  after  inflammation. 
(Thick,  pus-like  discharge,  Calc.  stclph.)  Pain  under  the  ear, 
sharp,  cutting  pain,  tension,  stitches  and  piercing  below  the 
mastoid  process.  Stinking  otorrhcea.  Polypoid  excrescence 
closes  the  meatus. 

Nose. — Colds  with  yellow,  slimy  expectorations,  or  dis- 
charge of  watery  matter.  Patient  feels  generally  worse  in 
the  evening  or  in  a  heated  room.  Decidedly  yellow  or  yellow- 
ish-green discharges  from  the  nose.  After  Ferr.  phos.  in 
colds,  if  the  latter  does  not  produce  free  perspiration  and  the 
skin  remains  dry.  Old  catarrh  with  yellowish,  viscous  secre- 
tion. Nose  obstructed,  together  with  yellowish  discharge 
from  the  nares.     Smell  lost.     Ozsena. 

Face. — Faceache  aggravated  in  a  heated  room  and  in  the 
evening,  improved  in  cool  or  open  air.  Pallid  face.  Face 
red,  features  distorted.     Epithelioma. 

Mouth — Dower  lip  swollen.  Dryness  and  desquamation  of 
the  lower  lip,  peels  off  in  large  flakes ;  epithelioma,  burning 
heat  in  the  mouth. 

Tongue. — Coating  yellow  and  slimy,  sometimes  with  whitish 
edge.  Insipid,  pappy  taste.  Dips,  tongue  and  gums  white. 
Taste  lost. 

Teeth. — Toothache  worse  in  warmth  and  evening,  better  in 
cool,  open  air.     Chronic  painfulness  of  the  gums. 

Throat. — No  symptoms  that  are  noteworthy. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Burning  heat  in  stomach ;  burning  thirst, 
nausea  and  vomiting.  Chronic  catarrh  of  the  stomach,  with 
yellow,  slimy,  coated  tongue.  Indigestion  with  sensation  of 
pressure  as  of  a  load  and  fullness  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach, 
painful,  and  water  gathers  in  the  mouth.     Sensation  of  faint- 


KALI   SULPHURICUM.  89 

ness  in  the  stomach.  Colicky  pains  in  stomach,  when  Magnes. 
phos.  fails.  Deep-seated  pain  in  stomach.  Gastric  fever  with 
a  rise  of  temperature  in  the  evening  and  fall  in  the  morning. 
Thirstlessness.  Dread  of  hot  drinks.  Jaundice  from  gastro- 
duodenal  catarrh. 

Abdomen  and  Stool. — Yellow,  slimy,  watery,  purulent  diar- 
rhoea, with  characteristic  tongue.  Pains  resembling  colic. 
Abdomen  feels  cold  to  touch.  Pains  similar  to  flatulent  colic, 
caused  by  great  heat,  from  excitement  and  sudden  coldness  of 
the  part  following.  Gas  escaping  from  the  bowels  has  a 
sulphurous  odor.  Purging  and  severe  colic.  Habitual  con- 
stipation. Internal  and  external  hemorrhoids,  with  charac- 
teristic tongue  and  secretions.  Typhoid  and  enteric  fevers, 
with  rise  of  temperature  at  night  and  fall  in  the  morning. 
Tympanitic  abdomen,  cramp  and  every  indication  of  ap- 
proaching peritonitis.  Abdomen  very  tense.  Symptoms  of 
cholera.  Black,  thin,  offensive  stools.  Post-scarlatinal  nephritis. 

Urinary  and  Sexual  Organs. — Gonorrhoea,  slimy,  yellow  or 
greenish  discharge.  Balanitis,  gleet.  Orchitis,  after  suppressed 
gonorrhoea.  Deucorrhoea,  discharge  of  yellow,  greenish, 
slimy  or  watery  secretions.  Menstruation  too  late  and  too 
scanty,  with  a  feeling  of  weight  and  fulness  in  the  abdomen, 
and  headache,  yellow-coated  tongue.  Syphilis  with  charac- 
teristic evening  aggravation.     Metrorrhagia. 

Pregnancy. — Symptoms  are  wanting. 

Respiratory  Organs. — Bronchial  asthma  with  yellow  ex- 
pectoration, worse  in  the  warm  season  or  in  a  hot  atmosphere. 
Bronchitis,  expectoration  distinctly  yellow,  or  greenish,  slimy, 
or  watery  and  profuse.  Cough  worse  in  the  evening  with 
heat.  Pneumonia.  Coarse  rales  but  cannot  cough  up  much 
mucus,  sputa  consists  of  watery  matter.  Mucus  slips  back 
and  is  generally  swallowed  ;  hard,  hoarse  cough  like  croup. 
Weary  feeling  in  the  pharynx.  Great  rattling  in  the  chest, 
rattling  of  mucus  with  cough.  Third  stage  of  catarrhal  cough, 
with  free,  yellowish  expectoration.  Croupy  hoarseness,  speak- 
ing is  fatiguing,  hoarseness  from  cold.  Whooping  cough ; 
with  yellow,  slimy  expectoration.   Pneumonia  with  wheezing  ; 


9°  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

yellow,  loose,  rattling  phlegm  is  coughed  up,  or  watery 
matter.  Suffocative  feeling  in  a  hot  atmosphere.  Desire  for 
cool  air. 

Circulatory  Organs. — Pulse  quick  with  throbbing,  boring 
pain  over  crest  of  ilium.     Pulse  scarcely  perceptible. 

Back  and  Extremities. — Neuralgic  or  rheumatic  pains  in  the 
back,  nape  of  the  neck  or  in  the  limbs,  periodical,  worse  in 
the  evening  or  in  a  warm  room,  and  decidedly  better  in  a 
cool  atmosphere.  Rheumatic  pains  in  the  joints  or  any  part 
of  the  body,  when  of  a  shifting,  wandering,  flitting  nature, 
settling  in  one  place,  then  another,  with  characteristic 
modalities.  Fungoid  inflammation  of  the  joints.  Cramps  in 
upper  and  lower  extremities.  Scaly  eruptions  mostly  on  arms, 
better  from  hot  water. 

Nervous  Symptoms. — Neuralgic  pains  in  different  parts  of 
the  body,  with  tendency  to  shift  in  locality.     Chorea. 

Sleep. — Very  vivid  dreams. 

Febrile  Symptoms. — Temperature  rises  in  the  evening  until 
midnight,  then  falls  again.  It  assists  in  promoting  perspira- 
tion, hence  it  should  be  given  frequently,  and  warm  coverings 
at  the  same  time  should  be  applied.  Intermittent  fever  with 
yellow,  slimy,  coated  tongue.  Fevers  from  blood  poisoning, 
gastric,  enteric  and  typhoid  fevers,  scarlet  fever,  stage  of  des- 
quamation, cold  sweat. 

Skin. — Skin  inactive  (give  in  hot  drinks  while  in  bed, 
wrapped  in  blankets).  Epithelial  cancer,  with  discharge  of 
thin,  yellow,  serous  matter.  Eczema,  when  the  discharge  is 
yellow  or  greenish,  watery,  or  when  suddenly  suppressed. 
Sudden  retrocession  of  the  rash,  from  a  chill  or  other  causes, 
in  any  eruptive  disease — measles,  scarlet  fever,  eczema,  etc., 
when  the  skin  is  harsh  and  dry.  Blistering  erysipelas  ;  to  favor 
falling  off  of  scabs.  Burning,  itching,  papular  eruption. 
Diseased  condition  of  the  nails,  interrupted  growth,  etc. 
{Siliced).  Skin  scales  freely  on  a  sticky  base.  Sores  on  the 
skin  with  yellow,  watery  secretion ;  surrounding  skin  peels 
off.  Effects  of  ivy  poison,  nettlerash.  In  smallpox  to  promote 
falling  off  of  crusts  and  formation  of  healthy  skin.     Scaly 


KALI   SULPHURICUM.  9 1 

tetter  in  the  palms.  Chafing  of  children.  Old  tetters.  Tuber- 
culous ulcers  with  a  continuous  oozing  of  yellow  pus  and 
lymph. 

Tissues. — Inflammations  with  yellow,  watery,  serous,  puru- 
lent secretions.  Serous,  watery  exudations.  Torpidity,  de- 
pressed vitality  ;  and  disease  makes  rapid  headway.  Soft  polypi. 
Bpithelioma.     Migratory  rheumatism  of  the  joints. 

Modalities. — The  grand  characteristics  are  the  evening:  aggra- 
vation and  the  amelioration  in  the  cool,  open  air.  Great  aggra- 
vation in  a  heated  room ;  also  the  characteristic  secretion  from 
mucous  membranes,  yellow,  sticky,  slimy. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — No  regular  proving,  but  a  brief  collec- 
tion of  symptoms  derived  from  very  large  doses,  old  school 
sources,  is  found  in  Alien 's  Encyclopedia,  vols,  v  and  x,  and 
vol.  vi,  Guiding  Symptoms.     They  are  included  in  the  above. 

Administration. — Schiissler  recommends  the  i2x  and  6x, 
these  giving  the  best  results.  In  febrile  conditions  it  must  be 
given  frequently.  It  is  recommended  externally  in  dandruff 
and  diseases  of  the  scalp.  Often  completes  a  cure  commenced 
by  Kali  mur. 

Relationship. — The  nearest  analogue  to  Kali  sitlph.  appears 
to  be  Pulsat.  It  is  interesting  to  compare  these  two  remedies, 
as  they  have  many  symptoms  in  common.     Thus  both  have : 

Aggravation  of  symptoms  in  a  warm  room.  Amelioration 
in  the  cool  and  open  air.  Discharges  from  mucous  membranes 
are  yellow,  purulent  in  character  ;  sometimes  yellowish-green. 
Coating  of  tongue  yellow  and  slimy.  Pressure  and  feeling  of 
fulness  in  stomach.  Gonorrhoea  with  yellow  or  yellowish- 
green,  bland  discharge.  Yellow  mucous  expectoration  from 
the  lungs  on  coughing.  Hoarseness  from  a  simple  cold. 
Pains  in  the  limbs,  worse  at  night  and  from  warmth  ;  better 
in  cool,  open  air.  Palpitation  of  the  heart.  Migratory  or 
shifting  and  wandering  rheumatic  pains.  A  chemical  analysis 
of  Pulsat.  shows  that  one  of  its  constituents  is  Kali  sulph., 
another  is  Kali phos.  and  another  is  Calc.  phos.  Its  mucous 
symptoms  probably  are  due  to  the  presence  of  Kali  sulph.,  and 
its  mental  and  nervous  symptoms  to  Kali  phos.;  but,  of  course, 


92  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

this  is  pure  hypothesis,  and  only  suggested  for  further  study 
and  observation.  Kali  sulph,  often  follows  with  advantage 
Kali  mur.  Compatible  remedies  in  itching  and  redness  of 
skin  :  Acetic  acid,  Arsen.,  Calc.  carb.,  Dolichos,  Hepar,  Puis., 
Rhus,  Sepia,  Silicea,  Sulphur,  Urtica. 

Compare  Natr.  mur.  in  deafness,  pain  in  stomach,  coarse 
rales  and  profuse  exudations,  but  these  are  more  watery  in 
Natr.  mur. 


MAGNESIA  PHOSPHORICA. 

Synonyms. — Magnesium  Phosphoricum. 

Common  Name. — Phosphate  of  Magnesia. 

Chemical  Properties. — Formula,  Mg  HP04,  7H20.  It  is 
made  by  mixing  phosphate  of  soda  with  sulphate  of  magnesia. 
The  crystals  resulting  are  six-sided,  needle-like.  They  have 
a  cooling,  sweetish  taste.  They  are  sparingly  soluble  in  water ; 
322  parts  dissolving  one  part  after  standing  a  long  time.  Boil- 
ing decomposes  it.  It  exists  in  the  grains  of  cereals,  and  can 
be  detected  in  considerable  quantity  in  beer. 

Preparation. — The  salt  is  triturated  according  to  Class  VII, 
American  Homoeopathic  Pharmacopoeia. 

Physiologico-chemical  Data. — It  is  an  earthy  constituent 
of  muscle,  nerves,  bone,  brain,  teeth  and  blood  corpuscles.  A 
disturbance  of  its  molecular  motion  causes  cramps,  pains  and 
paralysis.  Schiissler  says  that  the  action  of  Magnes.  phos.  is 
the  reverse  of  that  of  iron.  By  functional  disturbance  of  the 
molecules  of  the  latter  the  muscular  fibres  relax  ;  through  the 
functional  disturbances  of  the  magnesium  molecules  they  con- 
tract ;  hence  it  is  the  remedy  for  cramps,  convulsions  and  other 
nervous  phenomena. 

General  Action. — Diseases  having  their  seat  in  the  nerve- 
fibre  cells  or  in  the  terminal  bulbs  of  the  nerves,  in  the  muscles 
or  in  the  muscular  tissue  itself,  are  cured  by  this  remedy. 
Pains  which  are  darting,  spasmodic  in  character,  boring, 
lightning-like,  accompanied  by  a  constrictive  feeling.     They 


MAGNESIA   PHOSPHORICA.  93 

are  often  changing  in  locality,  and  are  relieved  by  warmth 
and  pressure.  It  is  purely  antispasmodic,  and  hence  is  curative 
in  cramps,  spasms  of  the  glottis,  tetanus,  epilepsy,  spasmodic 
retention  of  the  urine,  paralysis  agitans,  etc.  It  is  best  adapted 
to  lean,  thin,  emaciated  persons  of  a  highly  nervous  organiza- 
tion, and  prefers  light  complexion  and  the  right  side  of  the 
body.  Cold  in  general  favors  its  action  exceedingly,  whereas 
heat  and  pressure  interfere  with  it.  Hence  the  patient  is 
relieved  by  these.  Attacks  are  often  attended  with  great 
prostration  and  sometimes  with  profuse  sweat.  The  Magnes. 
phos.  patient  is  languid,  tired,  exhausted,  unable  to  sit  up, 
whether  he  is  suffering  from  acute  or  chronic  affections. 

Guiding  Symptoms  and  General  Characteristics. 

Mental  Symptoms. — Illusions  of  the  senses,  forgetful,  dulness 
and  inability  to  think  clearly,  indisposition  to  mental  effort. 
Sobbing  with  lamenting.  Laments  all  the  time  about  the 
pain,  with  hiccoughing.  Talking  to  herself  constantly  or 
sitting  still  in  moody  silence.  Carries  things  from  place  to 
place. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Brain  troubles  of  children,  with  uncon- 
sciousness and  convulsive  symptoms.  Headache,  pains  shoot- 
ing, darting,  stabbing,  shifting,  intermittent,  spasmodic,  par- 
oxysmal and  neuralgic,  always  relieved  by  the  application  of 
warmth.  Nervous  headaches  with  sparks  before  the  eyes. 
Very  acute  pains  in  the  head,  more  in  young  and  strong  per- 
sons, constant  while  attending  school  or  after  mental  labor, 
or  from  any  injurious  stimulus.  Pain  on  top  and  back  of 
head  extending  down  the  spine,  most  severe  between  the 
shoulders.  Headache  from  occiput,  spreading  over  whole  head 
with  nausea  and  chilliness.  Scalp  feels  rough  ;  much  dandruff  ; 
pustules. 

Eyes. — Vision  affected,  sees  colors  before  the  eyes  (chroma- 
topsia),  sparks,  eyes  sensitive  to  light,  photophobia,  diplopia, 
pupils  contracted,  dullness  of  vision  from  involvement  of  the 
optic  nerve  or  retina.  Dark  spots  float  before  the  eyes. 
Nystagmus,  spasmodic  squinting,  ptosis  or  drooping  of  the 


94  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

eyelids.  Twitching  of  eyelids.  Orbital  and  supraorbital  neu- 
ralgias, worse  on  the  right  side  and  relieved  by  warmth  applied 
externally,  and  exquisitely  sensitive  to  touch.  Increased 
lachrymation  with  the  pain.  Itching  of  lids.  "  Retinitis 
Pigmentosa  "  (R.  S.  C). 

Ears. — Weakness  of  the  auditory  nerve-fibres  causing  deaf- 
ness. Otalgia  purely  nervous  in  character,  better  from  heat. 
Neuralgic  pain  worse  behind  right  ear,  made  worse  by  going 
into  cold  air  and  washing  face  and  neck  in  cold  water.  "  A 
remedy  to  be  thought  of  in  all  forms  of  internal  ear  disease." 
(Copeland). 

Nose. — Loss  or  perversion  of  the  sense  of  smell,  even  with- 
out catarrhal  troubles.  Alternate  stoppage  and  profuse  gush- 
ing discharge.  Smarting  and  rawness,  worse  left  side.  Cold 
in  head,  alternately  dry  and  loose. 

Face. — Neuralgia,  supra-  and  infra-orbital.  Prosopalgia, 
lightning-like  pains,  intermittent,  always  better  from  warmth  ; 
worse  on  touch,  pressure,  cold  and  on  right  side,  at  2  p.  m. 
and  in  bed.  Neuralgic  pains  of  right  side,  from  infra-orbital 
foramen  to  incisor  tooth,  gradually  radiating  over  the  entire 
right  side  of  face,  worse  by  touch,  opening  the  mouth,  cold 
air  and  when  body  gets  cold.  From  washing  or  standing  in 
cold  water.     From  exposure  to  a  strong  north  wind. 

Mouth. — Convulsive  twitchings  of  the  angles  of  mouth. 
Sensation  of  painful  contraction  at  articulation  of  lower  jaw, 
with  backward  jerking.  Spasmodic  stammering.  Trismus  ; 
lock-jaw. 

Tongue. — Generally  clean  with  pain  in  stomach  ;  coated 
white  with  diarrhoea  ;  bright  red,  with  rawness  in  mouth,  left 
side  sore,  smarting  like  canker-sore,  making  eating  painful  as 
if  scalded. 

Teeth. — Very  sensitive  to  touch  or  cold  air.  Cannot  brush 
teeth  with  cold  water.  Toothache  worse  after  going  to  bed, 
changes  place  rapidly  ;  worse  from  cold  things,  cold  washing  ; 
better  by  heat  and  hot  liquids  (if  cold,  Ferr.  phos.,  Bry.,  Coff.). 
Severe  pains  in  decayed  or  filled  teeth.  Ulceration  of  teeth  with 


MAGNESIA    PHOSPHORICA.  95 

swelling  of  glands  of  face,  throat  and  neck  and  swelling  of 
tongue.  Complaints  of  teething:  children.  Spasms  without  febrile 
symptoms. 

Throat. — Soreness  and  stiffness,  especially  right  side  ;  parts 
seem  puffy,  with  chilliness  and  aching  all  over ;  swallowing 
painful  with  pain  in  back  of  head.  Must  swallow.  Dropping 
from  posterior  nares,  with  sneezing  and  rough  throat.  Spasm 
of  the  glottis.  Spasmodic  constriction  of  the  throat  on  at- 
tempting to  swallow  liquids,  with  choking  sensation. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Sensitive  to  acids  and  averse  to  coffee. 
Craves  sugar.  Hiccough  with  retching  day  and  night.  Obsti- 
nate singultus,  causing  long  lasting  soreness.  Regurgitation 
of  food.  Burning,  tasteless  eructations,  better  drinking  hot 
water.  Heartburn.  Gastralgia,  with  clean  tongue,  relieved 
by  warmth  and  bending  double.  Pain  worse  from  touch  at 
epigastrium  and  renewed  by  drinking  cold  water.  Spasms  or 
cramps  in  the  stomach,  pain  as  if  a  band  were  tightly  laced 
around  the  body.  Flatulent  distension  of  stomach  with  con- 
strictive pain.     Flatulent  dyspepsia.     Nausea  and  vomiting. 

Abdomen. — Enteralgia.  Flatulent  colic  forcing  patient  to  bend 
double,  relieved  by  rubbing,  warmth,  pressure,  accompanied  with 
belching  of  gas  which  gives  no  relief.  Incarcerated  flatulence ; 
rumbling  and  belching.  Flatulent  colic  of  children  and  the  new- 
born. Abdominal  pains  cause  great  restlessness,  radiate  from 
navel,  often  accompanied  by  a  watery  diarrhoea.  Cannot  lie 
on  back  stretched  out,  has  to  lie  bent  over.  Bloated,  full  sen- 
sation in  abdomen;  must  loosen  clothing,  walk  about  and  con- 
stantly pass  flatus. 

Stool. — Diarrhoea,  watery,  with  vomiting  and  cramps  in 
calves  ;  with  chilliness  and  pain  in  stomach.  Stools  expelled 
with  force.  Dysentery,  with  cramp-like  pains,  spasmodic  re- 
tention of  urine  ;  cutting,  lightning-like  pains  in  hemorrhoids, 
so  severe  as  to  cause  fainting ;  most  severe  in  rectum  and 
abdomen.  Pain  in  rectum  with  every  stool.  Pain  with  pro- 
longed spasm  of  abdominal  muscles.  Constipation  of  infants, 
with  spasmodic  pain  at  every  attempt  at  stool,  indicated  by 
sharp,  shrill  cry  ;  much  gas  and  rumbling  and  flatulent  colic. 


96  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Urinary  and  Sexual  Organs. — Constant  urging  to  urinate  when 
standing  or  walking.  Spasm  of  the  bladder ;  child  passes 
large  quantities  of  urine ;  spasmodic  urinary  complaints ; 
spasmodic  retention  ;  spasm  of  the  neck  of  the  bladder  ;  pain- 
ful urging.  Nocturnal  enuresis  from  nervous  irritation.  Ves- 
ical neuralgia  after  use  of  catheter.  Deficiency  or  excess  of 
phosphates.     Gravel.     Sexual  desire  increased. 

Female. — Menstrual  Colic ;  pain  precedes  flow  ;  intermittent, 
worse  on  right  side,  great  relief  from  heat.  Ovarian  neural- 
gia, worse  on  right  side.  Vaginismus.  Ovaritis.  Mem- 
branous dysmenorrhoea.  (Has  cured  a  number  of  cases.) 
Menses  too  early,  with  dark,  fibrinous,  stringy  flow.  Swell- 
ing of  external  parts. 

Pregnancy. — Spasmodic  labor  pains,  with  cramps  in  the 
legs,  crampy  pains,  excessive  expulsive  efforts.  Puerperal 
convulsions  (intercurrent).  Relaxes  contracted  uterus.  Re- 
tained placenta. 

Respiratory  System. — Asthma  when  flatulence  is  trouble- 
some. Spasmodic  closure  of  the  windpipe,  with  sudden, 
shrill  voice,  constriction  of  the  chest.  Persistent  semi-chronic 
cough  of  a  pseudo-catarrhal,  nervous  character.  True  spas- 
modic cough,  coming  on  in  paroxysms  without  expectoration  ; 
convulsive  fits  of  nervous  cough  ending  in  a  whoop  ;  whoop- 
ing cough ;  spasmodic  cough  at  night,  with  difficulty  in 
lying  down.  Darting  pains  in  the  chest,  more  on  right  side, 
which  radiate  from  pain  in  bowels.  Oppression  of  chest, 
shortness  of  breath.  Constriction  of  chest  and  throat,  with 
spasmodic,  dry,  tickling  cough. 

Circulatory  Organs. — Angina  pectoris,  neuralgic  spasms  (bet- 
ter given  in  hot  water) ;  nervous  palpitation  of  the  heart 
when  spasmodic. 

Neck  and  Back. — Sore  pain  in  lower  part  of  back,  in  neck 
and  small  of  back.  Acute,  boring,  darting,  neuralgic  pains  in 
any  part  of  the  back.  Shifting  pains  ;  intercostal  neuralgia. 
Dorsal  spine  very  painful  and  sensitive  to  touch. 

Extremities. — Darting  pains  in  shoulders  and  arms,  worse  in 
right.     Joints  painful.     Involuntary  shaking  of  the  hands. 


MAGNESIA   PHOSPHORICA.  97 

Paralysis  agitans.  Tingling  sensations.  Neuralgia  in  lower 
limbs,  at  night,  mostly  with  spasmodic  muscular  contractions  ; 
legs  ache  after  getting  in  bed.  Sensation  in  limbs  like  a  shock 
of  electricity,  followed  by  muscular  soreness.  Cramps  in  calves. 
Sciatica  with  excruciating,  spasmodic  pains.  Violent  pains  in 
acute  rheumatism  of  the  joints  (as  intercurrent  during  rheu- 
matic fever).  Deficiency  in  locomotive  power.  Feet  very 
tender.     Pains  are  aggravated  by  the  slightest  touch. 

Nervous  Symptoms. — Nutrition  and  function  remedy  for  the 
nerve  tissues.  Languid,  tired  exhausted,  unable  to  sit  up.  Alco- 
holism. Nightly  neuralgias,  with  spasmodic  muscular  con- 
tractions. Spasms  from  idiopathic  affections  of  motor  nervous 
tissues.  Twitchings  all  over  body  during  waking  hours. 
Lightning-like  pains.  Convulsions  with  stiffness  of  the  limbs 
or  of  the  body,  fingers  clenched,  thumbs  drawn  in.  Singultus. 
Chorea,  involuntary  movements  and  contortions  of  the  limbs. 
Epilepsy  resulting  from  vicious  habits,  spasms,  stiffness  of 
limbs,  clenched  fists  and  teeth.  Paralysis  agitans,  trembling 
of  hands,  limbs,  or  shaking  of  head.  Paralysis  of  nerve 
fibres.  Writer's  cramp.  Piano  or  violin  player's  cramp. 
Tetanic  spasms,  lock-jaw  (rub  it  into  the  gums).  Convulsive 
sobbing. 

Sleep. — Spasmodic  yawning.  Insomnia  from  exhaustion  or 
lack  of  brain  nutrition.  Drowsiness.  Sleep  disturbed  by 
troublesome  dreams,  by  pain  in  occiput  and  back  of  neck. 

Febrile  Symptoms. — Intermittent  fever  with  cramps  in  the 
calves.  Chilliness  after  dinner,  in  evening,  about  7  p.  m. 
Chills  run  up  and  down  the  back  with  shivering: ;  are  followed  by 
a  suffocating  sensation.  Severe  chills  about  9  A.  M.  Bilious 
fever.     Profuse  sweat. 

Skin. — Burning  and  stinging  pain  in  bunions  and  corns. 
Barber's  itch ;  herpetic  eruption  with  white  scales.  Boils. 
Rash  like  insect  bites  ;  worse  about  knees,  ankles  and  elbows. 

Tissues. — Spasms  and  neuralgias.  Nervous  asthma.  Spasm 
of  glottis.  Chorea.  Tetanus.  Bad  effects  from  injurious  stim- 
ulants. 

Modalities. — All  the  pains  of  this  remedy  are  characteristic- 
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98  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

ally  worse  on  the  right  side,  from  cold,  cold  air,  draught  of  air, 
cold  washing  and  from  touch.  They  are  always  relieved  by 
warmth,  heat,  pressure,  bending:  double,  and  friction. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — Since  its  introduction  by  Schussler  this 
magnificent  remedy  has  been  proved  by  Drs.  W.  P.  Wessel- 
hoeft,  J.  A.  Gann  and  other  members  of  the  I.  H.  A.,  by 
which  the  main  indications  of  Schussler  were  verified  and 
others  added,  thus  giving  us  a  polychrest  of  the  highest  order. 
'  All  the  provings  have  been  arranged  systematically  by  Dr.  H. 
C.  Allen,  and  published  in  the  Medical  Advance,  December, 
1889.  The  foregoing  symptomatology  contains  all  that  seemed 
to  us  reliable  and  worthy  of  preservation.  A  resume  of  its 
symptoms  is  also  given  in  Hering's  Guiding  Symptoms,  vol. 
vii. 

Administration. — Schussler  recommends  the  6x  trituration, 
and  adds  that  it  acts  best  when  given  in  hot  water.  Many 
practitioners  have  verified  this  valuable  hint,  and  found  also 
that  in  case  of  failure  with  this  preparation,  the  lower  poten- 
cies, such  as  the  first  and  second,  would  cure.  In  colic,  Dr.  J. 
C.  Morgan  advises  the  30X  in  water,  and  frequent  doses.  But 
in  view  of  the  really  surprising  and  apparently  wholly  trust- 
worthy results  obtained  by  the  provers  with  the  high  and 
highest  potencies,  we  would  recommend  these  should  the 
lower  fail. 

Relationship. — Magnes.  phos.  has  won  its  greatest  laurels  in 
the  treatment  of  nervous  affections,  neuralgias  especially. 
Here,  in  a  general  way,  it  finds  another  tissue  remedy  with 
which  it  shares  the  honors.  This  is  Kali  phos.,  which  is  more 
truly  the  nutritive  brain  remedy,  and  clinically  corresponds 
more  to  paretic  affections,  while  Magnes.  phos.  does  more  to 
spasmodic  affections.  The  general  modality  differs,  too,  Kali 
phos.  having  amelioration  by  cold  applications.  In  studying 
the  action  of  this  drug,  we  find  the  most  striking  resemblance 
in  the  colic  and  other  neuralgic  symptoms  with  Colocynth.\ 
and  it  certainly  is  a  suggestive  and  interesting  fact  that 
Colocynth.  contains  3  per  cent,  of  Magnes.  phos.  The  flatulent 
colic   reminds  also  of  Dioscorea.     Another  near   relative  is 


NATRUM    MURIATICUM.  99 

Gelsem.  The  provings  of  both  show  a  close  correspondence 
in  the  mixture  of  spasmodic  and  paretic  symptoms,  hence 
their  successful  employment  in  hysteria,  hypochondriasis 
and  spinal  irritation.  The  chill  up  and  down  the  back  are 
common  to  both.  Naturally  enough  come  into  this  physio- 
logical group  Ignat.  and  Nux  mosch.,  which  compare  espe- 
cially in  the  flatulent  symptoms  of  both  and  the  spasmodic  of 
Ignat.  In  spasms  Magnes.  phos.  is  like  Bellad.,  and  follows 
it  frequently,  should  it  fail  and  the  patient  present  the  dilated 
pupils,  staring  eyes  and  starting  at  slightest  noise.  In  stra- 
bismus, if  caused  by  worms,  compare  Natrum  phos.;  in  wa- 
tery secretions,  diarrhoea,  etc.,  Natrum  mur.;  in  epilepsy,  Kali 
mur.,  Calc.  phos.,  and  Silicea ;  affections  of  the  right  side  of 
the  body,  Bellad.,  Bryon.,  Chelid.,  Kali  carb.,  Lycop.,  Podoph. 
The  violent  pains  remind  of  Bellad.,  Stramon.;  the  shifting, 
rapidly  changing  of  Puis.,  Kali  sulph.,  Lac  can.;  the  squeez- 
ing, constricting  sensation  of  Cactus,  Calc,  Iod.  and  Sulph. 
The  menstrual  and  labor-pains  resemble  Viburn.,  also  Pulsat, 
but,  unlike  this,  are  better  by  heat.  Cimicif.  has  much  simi- 
larity here,  but  its  pains  are  more  steady,  those  of  Magnes. 
phos.  more  spasmodic.  Again,  the  pains  of  Magnes.  phos. 
seem  to  be  more  in  the  deeper  structures — ovaries,  fundus  ; 
those  of  Cimicif.  more  in  the  ligamentous  (A.  P.  Davis.)  In 
membranous  dysmenorrhea  remember  Borax  and  Acetic  acid 
and  Viburn.  op.  Among  plants  containing  Magnes.  phos. 
may  be  mentioned  Lobelia,  Symphytum,  Stramon.  and 
Viburn.,  which  probably  explains  the  presence  of  similar 
symptoms.  In  the  nightly  neuralgic  pains  relieved  by  heat 
compare  also  Ars.;  and  its  action  on  the  nervous  system  gen- 
erally compare  Zinc. 

Antidotes. — Bellad.,  Gelsem.,  Lachesis. 

NATRUM  MURIATICUM. 

Synonyms. — Sodium  Chloride.  Chloruretum  Sodicum. 
Natrium  Chloratum  Purum.  Sodii  Chloridum.  Chloride  of 
Sodium. 


IOO  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Common  Karnes. — Common  Salt.     Table  Salt. 

Chemical  Properties. — Formula,  Na  CI.  It  occurs  abun- 
dantly in  nature,  nearly  everywhere.  It  crystallizes  from 
aqueous  solutions  in  colorless,  transparent,  anhydrous  cubes ; 
it  is  soluble  in  three  parts  of  cold  water,  scarcely  more  in 
boiling.  It  is  insoluble  in  absolute  alcohol.  Its  watery  solu- 
tions dissolve  several  bodies  insoluble  in  water,  e.  g.,  Calc. 
flhos.,  etc. 

Preparation. — One  part  by  weight  of  pure  chloride  of  so- 
dium is  dissolved  in  nine  parts  by  weight  of  distilled  water. 
Amount  of  drug  power,  one-tenth.  Dilutions  and  triturations 
should  be  prepared  according  to  Hahnemann's  methods. 

Physiologico-chemical  Data. — This  salt  is  a  constituent  of 
every  liquid  and  solid  part  of  the  body.  Its  function  is  to 
regulate  the  degree  of  moisture  within  the  cells. 

This  function  of  salt  to  regulate  the  degree  of  moisture 
within  the  cells  is  accomplished  by  virtue  of  its  property  of 
attracting  water,  which  is  imbibed  as  drink  or  in  the  food, 
and  reaching  the  blood  through  the  epithelial  cells  of  the 
mucous  membrane,  whence  it  may  finally  reach  ■  the  various 
cells,  giving  them  the  needful  degree  of  moisture.  Every 
cell  contains  soda,  combining  with  nascent  chlorine,  which  is 
formed  by  the  splitting  up  of  the  chloride  of  sodium  contained 
in  the  intercellular  fluids.  This  chloride  of  sodium  within 
the  cell  thus  produced  has  the  property  of  attracting  water ; 
in  consequence  of  which  the  cell  enlarges  and  is  divided. 
Only  in  this  way  does  division  of  cells  for  purposes  of  cell 
multiplication  take  place. 

If  no  chloride  of  sodium  is  formed  within  the  cells,  the 
water  destined  to  supply  their  moisture  is  retained  in  the 
intercellular  fluids,  and  a  hydremia  results.  The  patient 
then  shows  a  watery,  bloated  appearance,  is  languid,  drowsy, 
lachrymose,  chilly,  especially  along  the  spine  and  extremi- 
ties. He  craves  salt.  Although  a  plentiful  supply  of  salt 
may  be  offered  in  the  food,  the  diseased  condition  is  not  re- 
moved, simply  because  the  cells  cannot  take  up  the  particles 
of  salt  unless  offered  in  a  very  dilute  solution. 


NATRUM    MURIATICUM.  IOI 

An  oversupply  of  salt  within  the  intercellular  fluids  often 
occasions  a  salty  taste,  due  to  the  irritation  of  the  glossophar- 
yngeal and  lingual  nerves.  Such  a  condition  also  causes 
acridity  of  secretions  of  mucous  membranes  or  of  open 
wounds. 

Chloride  of  sodium  contained  in  the  healthy  epithelial  cells 
of  serous  membranes  regulates  the  osmosis  of  water  from  the 
arterial  blood  to  the  several  serous  sacs.  A  disturbance  of 
the  functions  of  these  salt  molecules  is  followed  by  a  watery 
exudation  within  the  sacs.  By  the  therapeutic  application  of 
small  doses  of  Natrum  mur.  the  cells  are  enabled  to  reabsorb 
the  exudation. 

A  disturbance  of  the  molecular  motion  of  this  salt  in  the 
epithelium  of  the  tear  glands,  or  in  the  salivary  glands  is  fol- 
lowed by  lachrymation  or  ptyalism. 

If  the  dental  branch  of  the  fifth  nerve  is  irritated,  and  the 
disturbance  reaches  the  lachrymal  glands,  which  is  done  by 
means  of  the  secretory  fibres  of  the  sympathetic,  and  which 
results  in  a  disturbance  of  the  function  of  the  molecules  of 
salt  in  these  cells,  we  have  a  toothache  accompanied  by  a 
profuse  flow  of  saliva. 

The  epithelial  cells  of  the  intestinal  mucous  membrane 
transfer,  by  means  of  their  salt,  the  water  taken  with  the 
food  into  the  blood  contained  in  the  branches  of  the  portal 
vein.  A  disturbance  of  their  function  through  any  irritation 
results  in  a  reverse  flow.  Serum  enters  the  intestinal  canal, 
and  a  watery  diarrhoea  results  in  consequence.  And  if  the 
irritation  reaches  the  mucous  cells  of  the  intestines,  a  watery, 
mucous  diarrhoea  results.  The  mucin  of  the  mucous  cells 
appears  on  the  surface  as  a  glairy,  transparent  mucus.  The 
normal  secretion  of  mucus  is  decreased  if  the  mucous  cells 
contain  too  little  salt  and  mucin. 

It  is  the  sodium  chloride  particularly  which  regulates  the 
quantity  of  water  entering  into  the  composition  of  the  blood 
corpuscles,  thereby  preserving  their  form  and  consistence  ; 
and  it  seems  to  perform  an  analagous  office  with  regard  to 
the  other  semi-solids  of  the  body.     (Dal ton.) 


102  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

The  Natr.  mur.  molecules  contained  in  the  epithelial  cells 
of  the  peptic  glands  become  split  up  by  the  mild  action  of  the 
carbonic  acid  of  the  blood,  its  chlorine  is  separated,  and  the 
free  soda  unites  with  the  carbonic  acid,  and  this  combination 
reaches  the  blood  while  the  chlorine,  united  to  the  hydrogen 
and  dissolved  in  water,  reaches  the  stomach  as  hydrochloric 
acid.  If  on  account  of  the  want  of  salt  in  the  epithelial  cells 
of  the  peptic  glands  no  HC1  can  be  formed,  there  arises  an 
increase  of  the  exudated  alkaline  mucus  from  the  superficial 
epithelium  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  stomach.  Diluted 
hydrochloric  acid,  given  in  order  to  reduce  the  secretion  of 
the  superficial  epithelial  cell  to  the  proper  quantity,  is  but  a 
palliative  procedure ;  a  rational  cure  must  be  effected  by  re- 
storing the  disturbed  motion  of  the  NaCl  molecules  which 
are  found  in  the  nourishing  fluid  of  the  epithelial  cells  of  the 
peptic  glands  by  means  of  administering  homogeneous  mole- 
cules. 

This  is  also  the  function  remedy  of  mucin,  which  is  con- 
tained in  the  epithelial  cells  of  all  mucous  membranes.  It 
cures  catarrh  of  such  when  its  characteristic  exudation  is 
present ;  just  as  the  hydrochloric  acid  formed  in  the  epithelial 
cells  of  the  peptic  glands  reduces  the  increased  alkaline  mu- 
cous exudation  of  the  superficial  epithelium  to  the  right  quan- 
tity, so  can  the  hydrochloric  acid  that  is  formed  by  splitting 
up  of  the  chloride  of  sodium  within  the  mucin  of  all  mucous 
membranes  limit  the  secretion  of  the  mucus  in  the  formative 
(nascent)  stage. 

It  is  a  fact  that  hydrochloric  acid  is  obtained  from  salt 
{Natr.  mur.\  not  only  by  means  of  carbonic  acid  acting  upon 
the  salt  in  a  mass,  but  a  similar  result  is  obtained  by  the  ac- 
tion of  water.  In  the  former  the  carbonic  acid  unites  with 
the  sodium  which  has  lost  its  chlorine,  and  this  combination 
reaches  the  blood  ;  in  the  other  case,  sodium  hydroxyd  results, 
which  dissolves  the  mucin  and  increases  the  secretion  of 
mucus.  This  explains  the  origin  of  catarrh  in  damp  atmos- 
pheres. 

In  consequence  of  a  marked  disturbance  of  the  function  of 


NATRUM    MURIATICUM.  103 

salt,  blood  serum  may  transude  into  the  stomach  and  vomit- 
ing of  a  watery  secretion  (waterbrash)  will  result.  If  salt  is 
lacking  in  a  portion  of  cells  (below)  the  epidermis,  their  proper 
amount  of  water  cannot  be  received,  and  the  epidermis  rises  in 
blisters,  with  clear,  watery  contents.  Similar  blisters,  from 
corresponding  disturbances,  may  arise  on  the  conjunctiva. 

In  consequence  of  a  disturbed  function  of  salt  we  may  find 
at  the  same  time,  though  in  different  places,  secretions  either 
increased  or  decreased.  For  instance,  a  gastric  catarrh  with 
vomiting  of  water  or  mucus  may  exist,  together  with  a  con- 
stipation, caused  by  a  lessened  secretion  of  mucus  in  the 
colon. 

Among  the  main  effects  of  undue  salt-eating  we  find  : 

1)  A  thickening  and  partial  paralysis  of  the  vocal  cords 
and  an  almost  continual  sore  throat. 

2)  A  pale  and  waxy  color,  with  dryness  of  the  cuticle, 
which  yet  perspires  too  freely  upon  exertion. 

3)  Constipation  or  chronic  diarrhoea. 

4)  Abnormal  appetite. 

5)  Plethora  and  corpulence. 

6)  Retarded  endosmosis  and  exosmosis. 

7)  Thinning  of  the  blood,  slow  circulation  and  lowered 
temperature. 

8)  Dandruff,  cutaneous  affections,  deposits  and  abscesses. — 
Medical  Argus,  Sept.,  '96. 

General  Action  — Natr.  mur.  promotes  the  activity  of  tissue 
change  and  increases  the  excretion  of  urea,  hence  its  use  in 
chronic  scrofulous  ailments  affecting  the  glands,  bowels  and 
skin.  It  acts  upon  the  blood,  lymphatic  system,  the  mucous 
lining  of  the  digestive  tract  and  upon  liver  and  spleen.  It 
causes  a  deterioration  of  the  blood  and  other  vital  fluids,  par- 
taking of  a  scorbutic  nature,  giving  rise  to  inflammation, 
going  on  to  ulcerations  and  producing  distinct  dyscrasiae.  It 
also  produces,  and  hence  cures,  cachexia  like  that  resulting 
from  ague  plus  quinine.  Malnutrition  and  emaciation.  Anaemia, 
leucaemia,  hydraemia,  chlorosis  and  scorbutus.  A  serous  dis- 
charge is  the  leader  to  this  drug.     It  causes  pains  in  any  part 


104  THE  TWEEVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

of  the  body  when  they  are  accompanied  by  salivation,  in- 
creased lachrymation,  or  by  vomiting  of  water  or  mucus. 
Mucous  membranes  everywhere  are  affected,  producing 
sponginess  and  swelling  with  venous  hyperemia,  bleeding  and 
increased  mucous  secretion ;  hence,  catarrhs  of  all  mucous 
membranes,  with  secretions  of  transparent,  watery,  coarse, 
frothy  mucus.  Vesicles  with  watery  contents,  which  burst 
and  leave  a  thin  scurf.  Watery  vomiting,  increased  aqueous- 
ness  of  any  part  of  the  body,  hydrocephalus,  etc.  The  tongue 
has  a  clean,  shiny  appearance,  or  bubbles  of  frothy  saliva  extend 
along  its  sides,  or  is  broad,  pallid,  puffy,  with  a  pasty  coat.  Di- 
minished secretions  of  any  part  of  the  body,  salty  taste. 

Dr.  L,eon  Rosenbusch,  of  Iyemburg,  reports  a  most  favora- 
ble experience  in  the  use  of  Natr.  mur.  by  subcutaneous  in- 
jections in  cases  marked  by  danger  of  failing  circulation. 
The  following  is  a  resume  by  the  author  of  the  indications 
for  injection  and  the  amounts  to  be  used : 

i.  Sudden  collapse  (five  to  eight  drams  of  a  six  per  cent, 
solution). 

2.  Paresis  of  the  heart  muscles  from  any  acute  disease  (five 
to  eight  drams  at  once,  and  then  one  to  two  drams  daily). 

3.  Acute  gastro-enteritis,  great  weakness  after  severe  vomit- 
ing and  diarrhoea  (eight  to  twenty  ounces  of  a  tepid  solution 
of  six  per  thousand). 

4.  Hemorrhage  from  lungs,  stomach  or  bowels  (five  drams, 
then  one  and  a  half  drams  daily). 

5.  Heart-failure  in  consequence  of  chronic  disease  and  ca- 
chetic conditions  (one  and  a  half  drams  daily  for  several 
days). 

Grinding-  Symptoms  and  Characteristic  Indications 

Mental  Symptoms. — Hopeless  feeling  about  the  future.  De- 
jection of  spirits,  consolation  aggravates  ;  fluttering  of  the 
heart  follows.  Delirium  with  starting,  wandering  delirium 
with  frothy  appearance  of  the  tongue.  Hypochondriacal  mood 
with  constipation.  Excitement,  excessively  frolicsome,  with 
inclination  to  dance  and  sing  ;  angry  irritability  with  passion- 


NATRUM    MURIATICUM.  105 

ate  outbursts.  Delirium  tremens ;  most  cases  will  be  cured 
by  this  remedy.     Melancholia  at  puberty.     Brain-fag. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Dull,  heavy  headache,  with  profusion  of 
tears,  drowsiness  and  unrefreshing  sleep.  Head  nods  forward 
involuntarily  from  weakness  of  muscles  of  neck.  Headaches 
with  constipation,  from  torpor  and  dryness  of  a  portion  of  the 
intestinal  mucous  tract,  when  the  tongue  is  clean  or  covered 
with  bubbles  of  frothy  saliva.  Headache  with  vomiting  of 
transparent  phlegm  or  water,  also  sick  headache  with  this 
symptom  {Calc.  phos.).  Hemicrania,  loss  of  consciousness 
and  twitching  of  limbs.  Hammering:  headache,  generally  worse 
in  the  morning.  Headache  of  schoolgirls  during  menses,  with 
burning  on  the  vertex.  This  is  the  chief  remedy  in  sun- 
stroke. Engorged  venous  sinuses  with  tendency  to  extrava- 
sation, temporary  cerebral  congestion.  Itching  eruption  on 
margin  of  hair  at  the  nape  of  neck  with  glutinous  moisture. 
Dandruff,  white  scales  on  scalp  sometimes  co-existing  with 
watery  secretions  from  the  mouth,  nose  or  eyes.  Falling  off 
of  hair. 

Eyes. — Dimsightedness.  Blisters  on  the  cornea,  white  spots 
on  same.  Useful  for  involvement  of  the  vitreous  humor. 
Gauze  before  the  eyes,  letters  run  together  when  reading. 
Scrofulous  ulcers  of  the  cornea  with  photophobia.  Especially 
in  scrofulous  or  tubercular  patients.  Discharge  of  clear  mu- 
cus from  the  eyes,  or  flow  of  tears  with  obstruction  of  tear 
duct,  worse  after  use  of  nitrate  of  silver.  Conjunctivitis  with 
white  mucous  secretion  and  acrid  lachrymation.  Granulated 
eyelids  with  or  without  secretion  of  tears.  Tarsi  much  thick- 
ened and  red.  Useful  in  blepharitis,  the  thick  and  inflamed 
lids  smart  and  burn,  with  acrid  lachrymation.  Dachrymation 
with  eruption  of  small  vesicles  causing  scalding  of  the  parts. 
For  muscular  asthenopia  we  have  no  better  remedy.  Neuralgic 
pains  in  the  eyes,  periodical,  with  flow  of  tears  and  reddened 
conjunctiva.  Ciliary  neuralgia  coming  and  going  with  the 
sun.     Stricture  of  lachrymal  ducts. 

Ears. — Deafness  from  swelling  of  the  tympanic  cavity,  with 
characteristic  tongue.     Catarrh  of  tympanic  cavity  and  Eus- 


106  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

tachian  tube  {Kali  sulph.).  Roaring  in  ears.  Purulent  dis- 
charges from  ears.  Cracking  when  chewing.  Itching  and 
burning  in  the  ear,  stitches  in  the  ear. 

Nose. — Old  nasal  and  pharyngeal  catarrhs  with  loss  of  smell 
and  taste.  Colds  causing  vesicular  eruptions  with  watery 
contents,  which  burst  and  leave  thin  scurfs  or  crusts.  Scabs 
in  the  nose.  Influenza,  hay  fever.  Chronic  catarrhs  of 
bloodless  patients,  mucus  having  a  salty  taste.  Coryza  with 
clear,  watery  discharge  or  alternating  with  dry  coryza,  with 
loss  of  smell  and  taste,  posterior  nares  feel  dry.  Epistaxis 
from  stooping  and  from  coughing.  General  morning  aggra- 
vation of  catarrhs.  Redness  of  nose  with  pimples,  vesicles 
and  painful  nodules.  Nose  on  one  side  feels  numb.  Cold 
commencing  with  sneezing. 

Face. — Sallow  complexion,  leaden.  Faceache  with  consti- 
pation, with  characteristic  tongue  or  vomiting  of  clear  water. 
Periodical  neuralgia  after  quinine,  with  lachrymation.  Greasy 
appearance  of  skin.  Sweating  while  eating.  Sycosis,  whisk- 
ers fall  out,  with  much  itching,  vesicles  with  watery  contents. 
Pustular  eruption  on  forehead. 

Mouth. — Blisters  like  pearls  around  the  mouth,  humid  sores 
in  the  commissures.  Thrush  with  salivation.  Cracks  in 
lips,  burning  and  painful.  Relaxed  uvula.  Follicular  ca- 
tarrh of  pharynx.     Lips  swollen.     Eruptions  on  chin. 

Tongue. — Coating  slimy,  clear  and  watery,  sero-mucous,  and 
when  small  bubbles  of  frothy  saliva  cover  the  sides.  Loss  of 
taste.  Vesicles  on  the  tip  of  the  tongue.  Mapped  tongue. 
Tongue  numb  ;  stiff.  Children  are  slow  in  learning  to  talk. 
Sensation  of  a  hair  on  tongue.  Dryness  of  tongue  and  mouth, 
more  a  sensation. 

Teeth — Sensitive,  easily  bleeding,  ulcerated  gums.  Tooth- 
ache with  involuntary  flow  of  tears  or  salivation.  Looseness 
of  teeth.  Ranula,  chronic  inflammation  of  the  salivary 
glands.  Teething  with  dribbling  of  saliva.  Gumboils  with 
throbbing  and  boring  pains. 

Troat. — Neck  emaciated.  Diphtheria,  if  the  face  be  puffy 
and  pale,  with  drowsiness,  watery  stools,  flow  of  saliva,  or 


NATRUM    MURIATICUM.  107 

vomiting  of  water.  Post-diphtheritic  paralysis  when  food 
goes  the  wrong  way  and  only  liquids  can  be  swallowed.  Sore 
throat  with  transparent  mucus  covering  the  tonsils.  Relaxed 
uvula,  chronic  sore  throat,  with  feeling  of  plug  or  lump,  and 
great  dryness  of  the  throat.  Constriction  and  stitches  in 
throat.  Follicular  pharyngitis,  especially  in  smokers  and 
after  Nitrate  of  silver  treatment.  Swelling  of  sub-maxil- 
lary glands,  lips,  cervical  glands  and  tonsils.  Goitre  with 
watery  secretions  (chief  remedy,  Calc.  phos.).  Mumps  with 
salivation  and  frequent  coughing  of  mucus,  tasting  salty. 
Uvula  elongated.     Inflammation  of  uvula.     Offensive  breath. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Indigestion  with  vomiting  of  clear, 
frothy  water  or  stringy  saliva,  or  with  pain  and  salivation. 
Offensive  breath.  Stomachache  with  above  symptoms. 
Heaviness  and  fulness.  Waterbrash,  water  coming  up  into 
the  throat,  not  acid.  Pressure  and  distension  of  the  stomach, 
with  longing  for  salt  food.  Longing  for  salty  and  bitter 
things.  Violent  thirst.  Ravenous  hunger.  Heartburn  after 
eating.  Sour  taste.  Aversion  to  Dread.  Loss  of  desire  for 
smoking.  Jaundice  with  drowsiness.  Feeling  of  great  weak- 
ness and  sinking  at  stomach.     Red  spots  on  pit  of  stomach. 

Abdomen  and  Stool. — Constipation  when  arising,  from  want 
of  moisture  ;  dryness  of  the  mucous  linings  with  watery  secre- 
tions ;  in  other  parts,  watery  vomiting,  watery  eyes,  saliva- 
tion, etc.  Pain  in  region  of  liver  and  spleen.  Hemorrhoidal 
constipation.  Constipation  accompanied  with  much  weak- 
ness of  the  intestines.  Great  torpor  but  without  pain.  Dry 
stool  producing  fissure,  burning  pain  in  the  rectum.  Sting- 
ing hemorrhoids.  Herpetic  eruption  around  anus.  Torn, 
bleeding,  smarting  feeling  after  stool,  which  is  hard,  difficult  and 
crumbling,  with  stitches  in  the  rectum.  Proctalgia.  Pain  in 
abdominal  ring.  Diarrhoea  with  watery,  frothy  stool.  Diar- 
rhoea alternating  with  constipation.  Excoriating  watery 
diarrhcea,  involuntary,  knows  not  whether  flatus  or  faeces 
escape.     Great  weakness  of  abdominal  muscles  and  viscera. 

Urinary  and  Sexual  Organs. — Polyuria,  especially  if  accom- 
panied with  waterbrash  and  with  much  emaciation.     Hsema- 


108  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

turia  from  scurvy ;  cutting  and  burning  after  urination 
Spermatic  cord  and  testicles  painful,  swollen  and  infiltrated. 
Catarrh  of  bladder  with  characteristic  discharge.  Involuntary 
urination  while  walking,  coughing,  etc.  Gonorrhoea  with 
scalding.  Chronic  gonorrhoea,  transparent,  watery  slime,  in- 
tensely itching ;  urethra  painfully  sore  to  pressure ;  cutting 
in  urethra  after  urinating.  Chronic  syphilis,  serous  exuda- 
tion, loss  of  hair  from  the  pubes.  Seminal  emissions  followed 
by  chilliness  and  lassitude  with  increased  sexual  desires. 
Scrotal  oedema.  Impotence.  Discharge  of  prostatic  fluid. 
Burning  and  soreness  of  vagina  after  urinating.  Incontinence 
of  urine.  Menstruation,  discharge  thin,  watery,  bloody ;  de- 
layed menstruation,  with  headache.  Pruritus  vulvae.  Ach- 
ing in  testicles.  Violent  itching  on  scrotum.  Doss  of  hair 
from  pubes.  Terrible  sadness  during  menses.  Leucorrhcea 
watery.  Copious  catamenia  with  slimy,  corroding  leucor- 
rhcea ;  watery,  smarting  discharges,  after  or  between  periods. 
Scalding,  irritating  discharges,  causing  itching  and  falling  off 
of  the  hair  on  the  pubes.  Before  menses  sad  and  melancholic  ; 
during  and  after  menses,  headache.  Prolapsus,  must  sit 
down  to  prevent  it.  Great  dryness  of  the  vagina.  Chlorosis, 
dirty  look  to  the  skin  with  palpitation,  delaying  catamenia. 
Uterine  troubles  relieved  by  lying:  on  back,  on  a  pillow.  Pressing 
and  pushing  towards  genitals  in  the  morning. 

Pregnancy. — Morning  sickness  with  vomiting  of  frothy, 
watery  phlegm.     Loss  of  hair  during  childbirth  or  lactation. 

Respiratory  System. — Acute  inflammation  of  the  windpipe, 
with  clear,  frothy,  watery  phlegm,  loose  and  rattling,  some- 
times raised  with  difficulty.  Dry,  short  cough  day  and  night 
from  irritation  at  pit  of  stomach.  Bronchitis  with  cough  from 
tickling  behind  sternum ;  cough  causes  bursting  headache, 
involuntary  micturition,  pain  in  abdominal  ring  and  spermatic 
cord,  lachrymation  and  palpitation  and  stitches  in  chest. 
Chronic  bronchial  catarrh,  "  winter  cough,"  cough  with 
bursting  headache,  tears  stream  down  the  cheeks,  and  invol- 
untary urination.  Asthma  with  profuse  watery  mucus. 
Whooping  cough    with    same  conditions.     Inflammation    of 


NATRUM    MURIATICUM.  IO9 

the  lungs  with  much  rattling  phlegm,  serous  and  frothy, 
coughed  up  with  difficulty.  Pleurisy  when  serous  exudation 
has  taken  place.  (Edema  of  the  lungs  with  characteristic 
expectoration.     Hoarseness,  pain,  dyspnoea. 

Circulatory  Organs. — Pulse  rapid  and  intermittent,  worse 
lying  on  left  side,  felt  all  over  the  body,  especially  in  the 
epigastrium,  in  hypersemic  and  scorbutic  conditions.  Flut- 
tering motion  of  the  heart.  Sense  of  constriction.  Palpita- 
tion with  anxiety  and  sadness,  in  anaemic  conditions.  Hyper- 
trophy of  the  heart,  must  lie  down  frequently,  has  cold  hands 
and  numb  extremities. 

Back  and  Extremities. — Emaciated  neck  in  children.  Back- 
ache relieved  by  lying  on  something;  hard,  spine  and  extremities 
oversensitive.  Feeling  of  coldness  in  the  back.  Periodical 
attacks  of  gout.  Great  weakness  and  weariness.  Chronic 
rheumatism  of  the  joints.  Joints  crack ;  rheumatic,  gouty 
pains,  involuntary  jerking  of  legs,  fidgets  or  jerkings  dur- 
ing sleep.  Stiffness  and  arthritic  swellings,  ankles  weak. 
Pain  in  small  of  back  on  rising  up.  Blistering  festers  on  the 
fingers,  containing  watery  fluid.  Hangnails.  Skin  of  hands, 
especially  about  nails,  dry  and  cracked.  Warts  in  palms  of 
hands.  Pain  in  hip.  Coxalgia.  Sciatica — painful  contrac- 
tion of  hamstrings.  Involuntary  jerkings  of  legs.  Weakness 
in  knees  and  calves.  Cracking  of  joints  on  motion.  Syno- 
vitis, herpes  in  bend  of  knees.  Urticaria  about  joints.  Cracks 
between  toes.  Frequent  falling  asleep  of  the  legs  and  feet, 
with  weakness  of  ankle  joints. 

Nervous  Symptoms. — Sensation  of  numbness  in  suffering 
parts.  Paretic  weakness  in  various  muscular  groups  of  the 
trunk  and  limbs.  Spine  oversensitive  to  touch  or  pressure. 
Spinal  irritation.  Restlessness  and  twitching  of  muscles. 
Paralytic  pain  in  small  of  back.  Paralysis.  Neuralgic  pains, 
especially  biliary  and  infra-orbital,  recurring  at  certain  times, 
with  flow  of  saliva  or  tears.  Shootings  along  the  nerve-fibre 
with  watery  eruptions.  Chorea.  Hysterical  debility,  worse 
in  the  morning.  Hysterical  spasms  and  debility.  Takes 
cold  easily.     Easily  fatigued.     Singultus  {Magnes.  pltos.). 


HO  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Sleep. — Excessive  sleep  if  traced  to  an  excess  of  moisture  in 
the  brain.  The  natural  amount  of  sleep  is  unrefreshing,  and 
he  feels  tired  in  the  morning  on  awaking.  Constant  and  ex- 
cessive desire  to  sleep.  Dreams  of  robbers  in  the  house.  Fre- 
quent starting  during  sleep.  Sleep  very  restless  and  setting 
in  late.     Insomnia,  with  unusual  general  animation. 

Febrile  Symptoms. — Scarlet  fever  with  drowsiness,  twitching 
or  vomiting  of  watery  fluids.  Profuse  night-sweats.  After 
the  second  remedy  in  rheumatic  fever  with  chilliness  and 
characteristic  symptoms.  Hay  fever  with  watery  discharges 
from  the  eyes  and  nose.  Typhus  fever  when  stupor  and 
sleepiness  are  great.  Intermittent  fever  after  abuse  of  quinine, 
living  in  damp  regions,  or  newly  turned  ground.  Chill  from 
morning  till  noon,  about  10  A.  M.,  preceded  by  intense  itching, 
heat  with  increased  headache  and  thirst,  sweat  sour  and  weak- 
ening, much  backache  and  throbbing  headache,  great  lan- 
guor, emaciation,  sallow  complexion  and  fever-blisters  on  the 
lips.  Typhoid  or  malignant  symptoms  when  such  accompa- 
niments as  twitchings,  drowsiness  and  watery  vomiting  occur. 

Skin. — Chronic  skin  diseases,  urticarious  and  miliary  erup- 
tions. Eczema,  fine  scales  or  eruptions  with  water  contents. 
Herpetic  eruptions  occurring  in  the  course  of  a  disease,  blis- 
ters, blebs  and  watery  vesicles  on  the  skin.  Herpes  in  bend 
of  knee  and  elbow.  Colorless,  watery  vesicles  forming  into 
thin  scabs  or  crusts  which  fall  off  and  readily  form  again. 
Intertrigo,  soreness  of  the  skin  in  children,  with  watery 
symptoms.  Warts  on  the  palms  of  the  hands.  White  scales 
on  the  scalp,  intertrigo  between  thighs  and  scrotum,  with 
acrid  and  excoriating  discharge.  Pemphigus,  watery  blebs. 
Shingles  or  herpes  zoster  with  characteristic  symptoms. 
Herpes  circinatus.  Rupia,  blisters,  not  pustular  eruptions. 
Sycosis  if  watery  symptoms  correspond,  beard  falls  out,  dan- 
druff. Effects  of  insect-bites.  Nettlerash,  itching  violently, 
appears  after  bodily  exertion,  tetter  in  bends  of  joints.  Ooz- 
ing of  an  acrid  substance.  It  is  usually  the  second  remedy  in 
herpes  zoster.  Eczema  from  eating  too  much  salt.  Fungus 
hsmatodes.     Greasy  skin.     Eczema  of  eyebrows,  behind  ears. 


NATRUM    MURIATICUM.  Ill 

Warts  in  palms  of  hands.  Nettlerash  in  intermittent  fever. 
Hangnails. 

Tissues. — Anasarca,  accumulation  of  serum  in  the  areolar 
tissues.  Dropsy  or  dropsical  swelling,  puffiness  of  the  tissues. 
Serous  or  watery  exudations,  serous  secretions.  Anaemic  con- 
dition, blood  thin  and  watery  ;  chlorotic  conditions  ;  chlorosis. 
Ansemia  due  to  abuse  of  salt ;  emaciation  pallor  with  dirty, 
flaccid,  torpid  skin  ;  hydraemic,  adynamic  conditions,  varices. 
Basedow's  disease.  Addison's  disease.  Dryness  of  mucous 
membranes,  going  on  to  erosion.  Emaciation  while  living:  well; 
emaciation  especially  of  the  neck.  Cachexia  from  ague  plus 
quinine.  Chronic  swelling  of  lymphatic  and  sebaceous 
glands.  Gout.  Acts  upon  cartilage,  mucous  follicles  and 
glands,  salivary  and  mesenteric  glands.  Catarrhs  of  all 
mucous  surfaces.  All  exudations  and  secretions  are  transpar- 
ent, slimy,  like  boiled  starch. 

Modalities. — Generally  worse  in  the  morning,  periodically ; 
at  the  seaside  and  in  cold  weather.  Backache  is  relieved  by 
lying  on  something  hard.  Complaints  after  urinating  ;  after 
abuse  of  nitrate  of  silver  ;  from  quinine. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — This  drug  was  first  proved  by  Hahne- 
mann, and  appears  in  vol.  iv  of  the  Chronic  Diseases.  It  was 
also  re-proved  by  the  Austrian  Society  of  Provers,  and  the 
pathogenetic  effects  recorded  by  Hahnemann  and  therapeutic 
results  obtained  by  the  use  of  the  30th  potency  brilliantly  ver- 
ified. Its  pathogenesis  is  found  complete  in  the  Chronic  Dis- 
eases, but  excellent  resumes,  together  with  added  clinical 
experience  since  that  publication,  can  be  found  in  Hering's 
Guiding  Symptoms,  vol.  vii,  and  Allen's  Handbook  of  Materia 
Medica.  An  interesting  and  suggestive  little  book  on  Natrum 
muriaticum  as  a  test  of  the  doctrine  of  "Drug  Dynamization" 
by  Dr.  Jas.  C.  Burnett,  is  also  worthy  of  special  mention. 
Published  by  B.  Gould  &  Son,  Dondon. 

Administration — Schiissler  recommends  the  6th  potency. 
The  general  experience  of  the  homoeopathic  school  seems  to 
be  in  favor  of  the  higher  potencies  ;  thus  H.  C.  Allen,  M.  D., 
says  it  will  cure  more  quickly  in  the  attenuations  above  the 


112  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

30th  than  below.  Schiissler  recommends  also  its  external 
application  in  such  diseases  as  the  stings  of  insects,  likewise 
as  a  gargle  or  spray  in  catarrhal  affections. 

Relationship. — Compare  Kali  sulph.  and  Kali  mur.  in 
catarrhs  of  the  Eustachian  tubes  and  tympanum.  In  gastric 
and  intestinal  conditions  compare  Natr.  sulph.  In  headache 
of  young  girls  during  menses  compare  Calc.  phos.  and  Ferr. 
phos.  Headache  during  catamenia,  Kali  sulph.  when  metror- 
rhagic  symptoms  preponderate.  When  the  menses  are  scanty, 
Natr.  mur.  In  bites  of  insects  Ledum  comes  nearest,  but 
Ferr.  phos.  and  Kali  phos.  have  also  been  successfully  em- 
ployed. Natr.  mur.  has  as  a  close  analogue  Lycop.,  which 
will  often  be  needed  to  supplement  its  action.  Natr.  mur. 
regulates  moisture  exudation  from  the  circulation,  especially 
when  from  the  arterial  system,  while  Natr.  sulph.  is  more  in- 
dicated when  from  the  venous  system.  Complementary  drugs  : 
Apis  and  Arg.  nit.  Natr.  mur.  often  precedes  Sepia  and 
Sulph.  in  chronic  diseases.  For  the  excessive  use  of  salt  in 
food  give  Phosph.  For  the  bad  effects  of  sea-bathing  Ars. 
For  the  bad  results  of  cauterization  of  any  mucous  surface 
with  nitrate  of  silver,  Natrum  is  the  antidote.  For  dryness 
of  mucous  membranes  compare  Graphite,  Alumina,  Bryonia. 
In  ranula,  Ambra. 


NATRUM    PHOSPHORICUM. 

Synonyms. — Sodium  Phosphate.  Natri  Phosphas.  Phos- 
phas  Natricus.     Sodse  Phosphas.     Sodii  Phosphas. 

Common  Name  — Phosphate  of  Soda. 

Chemical  Properties. — Formula,  Na2HP04,  i2H20.  Sp. 
gravity,  1.55.  It  is  prepared  by  neutralizing  orthophosphoric 
acid  with  carbonate  of  sodium,  and  is  also  made  from  bone- 
ash.  It  crystallizes  in  large,  transparent,  monoclinic  prisms 
containing  twelve  molecules  of  water  of  crystallization.  It 
has  a  mild,  cooling,  saline  taste.  It  is  soluble  in  two  parts  of 
hot  and  in  six  of  cold  water.  It  is  insoluble  in  alcohol.  So- 
lutions are  slightly  alkaline. 


NATRUM    PHOSPHORICUM.  II3 

Preparation. — The  pure  phosphate  of  soda  is  triturated  as 
directed  under  Class  VII,  American  Homoeopathic  Pharmaco- 
poeia.    (Should  be  kept  well  corked.) 

Physiologico-chemical  Data. — This  salt  is  found  in  the 
blood,  muscles,  nerve  and  brain-cells,  as  well  as  in  the  inter- 
cellular fluids.  Through  the  presence  of  this  salt,  lactic  acid 
is  decomposed  into  carbonic  acid  and  water.  It  absorbs  the 
carbonic  acid,  taking  up  two  molecules  for  every  molecule  of 
itself,  and  carries  it  to  the  lungs,  where  the  oxygen  of  the  air 
sets  the  carbonic  acid  free  in  exchange  for  oxygen,  which 
latter  is  taken  up  by  the  iron  contained  in  the  blood  corpus- 
cles. Natrum  phos.  is  the  remedy  for  conditions  arising  from 
excess  of  lactic  acid.  It  prevents  inspissation  of  the  bile  and 
mucus  with  crystallization  of  cholesterin  in  the  gall  duct  and 
will  thus  remove  the  cause  of  many  cases  of  jaundice,  hepatic 
colic,  bilious  headache  and  imperfect  assimilation  of  fats  from 
lack  of  bile.  It  is  useful  in  podagra,  gout,  as  well  as  in  acute 
and  chronic  articular  rheumatism,  being  thus  a  remedy  for 
the  so-called  acid  diathesis. 

The  role  of  this  salt  in  the  normal  economy,  according  to 
Moleschott  and  Schiissler,  largely  consists  in  the  catalysis  of 
lactic  acid  in  the  blood,  thus  purifying  that  fluid  organ  from 
this  effete  product  of  muscular  function,  which  transforms 
stored  glycogen  into  the  acid.  The  liver  is  the  prime  and 
master  laboratory  of  the  animal  body.  It  is  essential  to  both 
the  nitrogenous  and  the  hydro-carbonaceous  transformations, 
to  the  renewal  and  the  depuration  of  the  blood,  to  the  pro- 
duction of  glycogen  and  grape  sugar  from  starchy  and  saccha- 
rine food,  and  to  the  higher  oxidation  of  uric  acid,  and  other 
effete  tissue  principles,  into  urea,  ready  for  elimination  by  the 
kidney,  and  by  bile-formation  contributes  to  the  intestinal 
work.  When  inert,  this  organ  falls  short  of  this  extensive 
function  ;  when  overactive,  it  exceeds  it,  and  overproductions 
appear  with  symptomatic  effects.  These  functions  are  prin- 
cipally due  to  cell-action.  There  are  two  classes  of  functional 
or  parenchymatous  cells  ;  the  biliary,  spread  out  as  epithelium 
in  the  capillary  branches  of  the  ducts,  in  intimate  relation 


114  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

with  the  vessels  of  the  liver  and  likewise  with  the  remaining 
set  of  functional  cells — viz  :  those  of  the  hepatic  acini,  also 
lying  in  intimate  relation  to  the  blood  vessels  and  to  the 
biliary  capillaries,  with  their  glandular  epithelium.  This 
double  duty  belongs  to  the  large  cells  of  the  acini — viz  :  the 
formation  of  glycogen  and  the  formation  of  uric  acid.  In 
addition,  the  old  red  blood-globules  are  here  in  the  liver,  but 
in  the  portal  system  of  veins,  now  become  capillary  in  the 
acini,  are  finally  disintegrated,  and  the  new-formed  globules 
perfected.  All  of  these  varied  functions,  separate  as  they 
are,  undoubtedly  assist  each  other,  furnishing  necessary 
chemical  exchanges,  etc.  The  glycogen  is  believed  to  be 
mainly  carried  away  in  the  blood-current,  to  be  stored  in  the 
muscular  tissues,  furnishing  motor  energy  thereto,  and  being 
chemically  split  into  two  parts  of  lactic  acid.  This  acid  aids 
in  later  vital  functions  of  the  body,  and  is  at  last  transformed 
into  carbonic  acid  and  water,  while  circulating  in  the  blood. 
This  transformation  takes  place  through  the  presence  in  the 
blood  of  phosphate  of  soda — Natr.  phos. — and  by  a  catalytic 
action  of  this  salt.  Any  deficiency  in  this  prevents  this 
chemical  change,  and  the  lactic  acid  remains  as  such.  An 
acid  state  of  the  system  now  prevails  ;  rheumatism,  dyspepsia, 
intestinal  troubles,  etc.,  ensue.  According  to  Schiissler,  by 
the  administration  of  molecular  doses  of  this  drug,  this 
catalytic  action  is  at  once  restored — the  acid  state  ceases,  and 
the  rheumatic  and  other  symptoms  subside.  (J.  C.  Morgan, 
M.  D.) 

Uric  acid  is  kept  soluble  in  the  blood  by  the  presence  of 
the  phosphate  of  soda  and  the  natural  temperature  of  the 
blood.  Whenever  there  is  a  deficiency  of  this  salt,  uric  acid 
is  combined  with  the  soda,  forming  the  urate  of  soda,  an  in- 
soluble salt  and  deposited  near  the  points  producing  gout  and 
acute  inflammatory  rheumatism.  During  an  attack  of  acute 
grout,  we  find  that  the  excretion  of  uric  acid  is  diminished  in 
proportion  to  the  amount  of  the  deposit  of  urate  of  soda 
around  the  points. 

Natrum  phosph.  serves  to  emulsify  fatty  acids ;  it  is  there- 


NATRUM    PHOSPHORICUM.  115 

fore  a  remedy  for  all  dyspeptic  conditions  traceable  to  fats,  or 
such  as  are  aggravated  by  their  use.  Besides  combining  with 
these  acids  the  phosphate  of  soda  appropriates  molecules  of 
albumen,  which  acts  bio-chemically  like  an  acid. 

The  white  blood  corpuscles,  leucocytes  or  lymph  corpuscles 
carry  molecules  of  fat  and  peptones,  which  latter  are  modified 
albuminoids,  from  the  intestinal  walls  to  the  blood  and  thence 
to  the  tissues.  They  do  this  by  virtue  of  their  active  move- 
ments. From  the  walls  of  the  intestinal  tract  the  passage  of 
the  leucocytes,  now  laden  with  peptones,  is  a  direct  one,  while 
those  carrying  the  fat  molecules  reach  the  goal  by  an  indirect 
way — namely,  through  the  thoracic  duct.  Finally  they  reach 
the  tissues  through  the  walls  of  the  capillaries.  Here,  after 
the  peptones  are  retransformed  into  albuminoids,  they  are 
deposited  and  become  material  for  the  growth  of  young  cells 
which  are  formed  by  division. 

If  the  progress  of  the  leucocytes  carrying  the  fat  molecules 
is  stopped  in  their  course  through  the  lymphatic  glands,  skin, 
bones  or  lungs,  phlegmonous  and  glandular  inflammations, 
and  swellings  take  place  as  well  as  tubercular  conditions  of 
these  organs  and  tissues. 

Since  these  stagnated  leucocytes  contain  albumen  and  fat, 
their  fatty  degeneration  is  rendered  possible.  So  long  as  this 
has  not  actually  taken  place,  Natrum  phosph.  possesses  the 
power  to  free  the  leucocytes  and  thereby  again  enabling  them 
to  carry  on  their  specific  function.  This  it  does  by  its  two 
properties — that  of  emulsifying  fats  even  if  but  a  trace  of  a 
fatty  acid  is  present  and  its  capacity  to  take  up  peptonic 
molecules. 

General  Action. — Diseases  of  infants  suffering  from  excess 
of  lactic  acid,  resulting  from  overfeeding  with  milk  and  sugar. 
Ailments  with  excess  of  acidity.  Thin,  moist  coating:  on  the 
tongue.  The  soft  palate  also  has  a  yellowish,  creamy  look.  Sour 
eructations,  sour  vomiting:,  greenish  diarrhoea,  pains,  spasms,  and 
fever  with  acid  symptoms,  etc.  Acts  also  upon  the  bones  and 
glands,  lungs  and  abdominal  organs.  The  knowledge  of  its 
sphere  of  action  has  been  much  enlarged  by  Schussler  in  re- 


110  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

cent  years.  Small  doses  of  Natrum  phos.  given  subcutane- 
ously  have  been  found  to  antidote  the  desire  for  Morphine 
and  thus  break  up  the  habit. 

Guiding-  Symptoms  and   Characteristic  Indications. 

Mental. — Anxious  and  apprehensive  fear  as  if  something 
would  happen.  Dull  and  without  ambition.  Imagines  on 
waking  at  night  that  pieces  of  furniture  are  persons  ;  that  he 
hears  footsteps  in  next  room.  Nervous,  irritable,  vexed  at 
trifles. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Headaches  on  crown  of  head  ;  on  awaking 
in  the  morning,  with  creamy  appearance  at  the  back  part  of 
the  palate,  and  yellow,  moist  tongue.  Severe  pain  in  the  head 
as  if  the  skull  were  too  full,  frontal  or  occipital,  with  nausea 
or  some  slimy  vomiting.  Intense  pressure  and  heat  on  the 
top  of  the  head  as  if  it  would  open.  Giddiness,  vertigo  with 
gastric  derangements.  Sickening  headaches,  ejection  of  sour 
froth. 

Eyes. — Discharge  of  golden-yellow,  creamy  matter  from  the 
eyes.  Ophthalmia,  discharge  of  yellow,  creamy  matter,  the 
lids  are  glued  together  in  the  morning.  Hypopyon.  Burn- 
ing lachrymation.  See  sparks  before  eyes.  Squinting  caused 
by  intestinal  irritation  as  from  worms.  Granular  conjuncti- 
vitis, when  granulations  look  like  small  blisters.  Scrofulous 
ophthalmia.  Pain  over  eyes.  Dim  sight,  as  if  a  veil  were 
over  eyes. 

Ears. — Ears  sore,  externally,  burn  and  itch.  One  ear  red, 
hot,  frequently  itchy,  accompanied  by  gastric  derangements 
and  acidity. 

Nose. — Picking  at  the  nose,  associated  with  acidity  of  the 
stomach  and  worms.  Pricking  in  the  nares.  Offensive  odor 
before  nose.     Itching  of  nose. 

Face. — Red  and  blotched  face,  yet  not  feverish,  with  acidity, 
etc.,  white  about  nose  or  mouth.  Facial  neuralgia  ;  shooting, 
stitching  pain.  Soreness  of  right  lower  jaw.  Paleness  or 
bluish,  florid  appearance  of  face,  sour  risings,  etc. 

Mouth. — Yellow,  creamy  coating;  at  the  back  part  of  the  roof  of 
the  mouth.     Acid  taste  in  the  mouth.     Coppery  taste. 


NATRUM    PHOSPHORIC UM.  1 17 

Tongue. — The  great  keynote  for  this  remedy  is  the  moist, 
creamy  or  golden-yellow  coating  at  the  back  part  of  the  tongue. 

Blisters  and  sensation  of  hairs  on  tip  of  tongue.  Difficult 
speech. 

Teeth. — Grinding  of  the  teeth  in  children  during  sleep. 

Throat. — The  same  moist,  creamy  or  golden-yellow  coating 
found  at  the  base  of  the  tongue  is  also  found  on  the  soft 
palate,  tonsils  and  uvula.  Inflammation  of  any  part  of  the 
throat  with  this  accompaniment  calls  for  Natr.  phos.  It  is 
also  usually  accompanied  by  an  acid  condition  of  the  stom- 
ach. Diphtheritic  throat,  falsely  so  called.  Sensation  of  a 
lump  in  the  throat,  worse  swallowing  liquids.  Dropping  of 
thick,  yellow  mucus  from  posterior  nares,  worse  at  night. 
Naso-pharyngeal  catarrh. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Acidity,  sour  risings  due  to  excess  of 
lactic  acid.  Gastric  abrasions  and  ulcerations.  Pain  after  food, 
in  one  spot.  Vomiting  of  sour  fluids  or  of  a  dark  substance 
like  coffee-grounds,  sour  risings,  loss  of  appetite.  Dyspepsia 
with  characteristic  eructations  and  tongue,  sour  taste  in  the 
mouth.  Pain  sometimes  comes  on  two  hours  after  taking  food. 
Nausea  and  vomiting  of  acid  fluids  and  curdled  masses  (not 
food).  Waterbrash  with  acidity.  Flatulence  with  sour  ris- 
ings. Colic  in  children  with  symptoms  of  acidity,  such  as 
green,  sour-smelling  stools,  vomiting  of  curdled  milk,  etc. 
Stomachache  from  presence  of  worms.  Empty,  gone  feeling 
in  stomach,  with  feeling  of  weight  above  the  ensiform  carti- 
lage.    Imperfect  assimilation  of  fats  from  lack  of  bile. 

Abdomen  and  Stool. — Habitual  constipation  with  occasional 
attacks  of  diarrhoea  in  young  children.  Sclerosis  of  liver. 
Acts  upon  the  glandular  organs  of  the  intestinal  tract.  Diar- 
rhoea caused  by  excess  of  acidity,  stools  sour-smelling,  green, 
jelly-like  masses  of  mucus,  painful,  straining,  coagulated  casein, 
scanty  and  frequent.  Sudden  urging,  difficulty  in  retaining 
stool.  Pain  through  right  groin.  Intestinal,  long  or  thread- 
worms, with  characteristic  symptoms  of  acidity  or  picking  of 
the  nose,  occasional  squinting,  pain  in  the  bowels,  restless 
sleep,  etc.     Itching  at  the   anus  from  worms,  especially  at 


Il8  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

night  when  warm  in  bed  (injections  of  same).  White  or 
green  stools,  with  diarrhoea  and  sometimes  with  jaundice,  due 
to  deficiency  of  bile.  Flatulent  colic.  Obstinate  constipa- 
tion.    Itching,  sore  and  raw  anus. 

Urinary  and  Sexual  Organs. — Hepatic  form  of  diabetes.  Con- 
stant urging,  flow  intermits,  requires  straining.  Incontinence 
of  urine  in  children  with  acidity.  Urine  dark  red  with 
arthritis.  Frequent  micturition.  Atony  of  bladder.  Sem- 
inal emissions  without  dreams.  Semen  thin,  watery.  Sex- 
ual desire  gone  or  increased  with  erections.  Drawing  in 
testicles  and  spermatic  cord.  Menses  too  early,  pale,  with 
afternoon  headache  over  eyes,  worse  after  menses,  with  sensa- 
tion in  knees,  as  if  cords  were  shortened.  Weakness  and  dis- 
tress in  the  uterine  region.  Prolapse,  with  weak  sinking 
feeling  after  stool.  Uterine  displacement  with  rheumatic 
pains.  Sterility  with  acid  secretions  from  the  vagina.  Leuc- 
orrhcea,  discharge  creamy  or  honey-colored  or  acid  and  watery. 
Sour-smelling  discharges  from  the  uterus.  Excitement  with 
sleeplessness  before  menses. 

Pregnancy. — Morning  sickness  with  vomiting  of  sour  masses 
or  fluids. 

Respiratory  Symptoms. — A  useful  intercurrent  in  catarrhal 
troubles  associated  with  acidity.  Phthisis  florida  in  young 
subjects,  with  hereditary  tendency  to  sigh,  especially  during 
menses.  Consumption.  Soreness  of  intercostal  muscles  and 
lower  sternum.  Pains  in  chest,  worse  from  pressure  and  deep 
breathing. 

Circulatory  Organs. — Trembling  about  the  heart.  Pains 
about  the  base  of  heart,  relieving  pain  in  limbs,  and  great  toe. 
Palpitation,  feels  pulse  in  different  parts  of  body.  Sensation 
as  though  shot  were  rolling  through  arteries. 

Back  and  Extremities. — Crick  in  neck.  Swelling  of  glands 
of  neck.  Goitre.  Weak  feeling  in  back  and  limbs.  Legs 
give  way  while  walking.  Gait  unsteady.  Spinal  anaemia, 
paralytic  weakness  of  lower  extremities.  Inside  thighs  draw. 
Sore  hamstrings.  Pain  in  knees,  ankles  and  shins,  in  hollow 
and  ball  of  foot.     Synovial  crepitation.     Arms  tired.     Con- 


NATRUM    PHOSPHORICUM.  II9 

traction  of  extensor  muscles  on  back  of  arm.  Aching  wrists. 
Crampy  pain  in  hands  while  writing.  Sore  feeling  in  joints. 
Rheumatic  arthritis,  especially  of  joints  of  fingers,  pains  sud- 
denly go  the  heart. 

Nervous  Symptoms. — Irritation  of  the  intestines  by  worms, 
sometimes  causes  squinting  and  twitching  of  the  facial  mus- 
cles. Nervousness,  tired  feeling,  with  goneness  of  stomach, 
crick  in  neck,  trembling  and  palpitation.  Heaviness,  as  if 
paralyzed.     Prostration. 

Sleep. — Sleep  restless  with  worm  troubles,  very  drowsy, 
falls  asleep  while  sitting.  Sleepless  from  itching.  Wakes 
easily.     Sexual  dreams. 

Febrile  Sympioms. — Intermittent  fever  with  vomiting  of 
acid,  sour  masses.  Acid,  exceedingly  sour-smelling  perspira- 
tions. Feet  icy-cold  during  the  day,  burn  at  night.  Flashes 
of  heat  and  headache  every  afternoon. 

Skin. — Chafing  of  the  skin.  Eczema  with  symptoms  of 
acidity,  secretion  creamy,  honey -colored.  Erythema.  "  Rose 
rash,"  golden-yellow  scabs.  Secretions  yellow,  like  honey, 
and  cause  soreness  of  skin.  Crusta  lactea.  Hives,  itching:  all 
over  body,  like  insect  bites.  Much  itching  at  ankle  joints 
with  eczematous  eruption. 

Tissues. — Exudations  and  secretions  yellow,  honey-colored. 
Leucaemia.  Swelling  of  lymphatic  glands  before  hardening. 
Marasmus  of  children.  In  bone  diseases,  to  favor  deposit  of 
phosphate  of  lime.  Scrofula  ;  its  specific  action  upon  glands 
tends  to  dissolve  the  morbidly  formed  products.  L,eucocycosis. 
Rheumatic  arthritis. 

Modalities. — Some  of  the  pains  of  this  remedy  were  aggra- 
vated during  a  thunderstorm ;  during  menstruation  many 
symptoms  have  an  afternoon  and  evening  aggravation. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — Proved  under  supervision  of  Dr.  E.  A. 
Farrington.  The  record  of  the  proving  is  found  in  Allen's 
Encyclopedia,  vol.  x,  first  published  in  Hahnemannian 
Monthly,  vol.  xii.  An  excellent  symptomatology  of  the  drug 
is  found  in  Allen's  Handbook  and  Hering's  Guiding  Symp- 
toms, vol.  viii. 


120  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Administration. — Schiissler  recommends  the  6x,  either  in 
trituration  or  in  dilution.  It  may  also  be  used  as  an  injection 
in  worm  troubles.  Dr.  Morgan  prefers  infrequent  doses  of  the 
30th  potency.  The  higher  and  highest  potencies  have  also 
been  employed  with  success. 

Relationship. — As  a  remedy  for  scrofulosis  with  similar 
"  acid  "  symptoms  compare  Calc.  carb.  In  gastric  catarrhal 
affections  it  is  to  be  compared  with  Calcar.,  Kali  carb.,  Nux, 
Coccul.,  Car  bo,  Carbol.  ac.  As  a  remedial  agent  for  chil- 
dren, for  whom  Natr.  phos.  is  pre-eminently  the  remedy, 
where  these  acid  conditions  of  stomach  and  bowels  are  fre- 
quent, compare  Rheum,  where  the  whole  body,  but  especially 
the  stool  of  the  little  patient,  smells  sour.  It  is  interesting  to 
note  the  association  of  the  peculiar  Natr.  phos.  gastric  symp- 
toms, so  frequently  verified  clinically,  and  the  symptoms  of 
gout  developed  in  the  provings.  Remembering  the  peculiar 
gouty  dyspepsia,  we  may  have  in  Natr.  phos.  a  most  useful 
remedy.  Compare  here  Colchic,  Bens,  ac,  Guaiac,  Lycop., 
Sulphur.  In  itching  all  over,  compare  Dolichos,  Urtica,  Sul- 
phur, etc. 

NATRUM  SULPHURICUM. 

Synonyms. — Sodium  Sulphate.  Sodae  Sulphas.  Sodii 
Sulphas. 

Common  Name. — Glauber's  Salt.     Sulphate  of  Soda. 

Chemical  Properties. — Formula,  Na,S04,  ioH20.  It  oc- 
curs rather  abundantly  in  nature :  sea  water,  saline  springs, 
Russian  salt  lakes,  etc.  It  is  prepared  by  the  action  of  sul- 
phuric acid  on  common  salt  and  purified  by  recrystallization. 
It  forms  large,  colorless,  transparent,  oblique,  rhombic  or  six- 
sided  prisms,  having  a  cooling,  bitter,  saline  taste.  They 
effloresce  in  warm  air  at  30  °  C.  They  melt  in  their  own 
water  of  crystallization,  melting  also  freely  at  330  C;  above 
or  below  that  temperature  the  solubility  decreases. 

Preparation. — The  pure  sulphate  of  sodium  is  triturated  as 
directed  under  Class  VII,  American  Homoeopathic  Pharmaco- 
poeia. 


NATRUM    SUI^PHURICUM.  121 

Physiologico-chemical  Data. — The  sulphuric  acid  formed 
by  the  oxidation  of  the  albuminoids  would  destroy  the  tissues 
were  it  united  in  its  nascent  state  with  carbonates,  by  which 
the  carbonic  acid  is  set  free.  This  salt  does  not  appear  in  the 
cells,  only  in  the  intercellular  fluids.  It  aids  and  regulates  the 
excretion  of  superfluous  water — e.g.,  that  which  arises  from 
the  decomposition  of  lactic  acid  with  the  phosphate  of  sodium, 
cedemas,  etc.  Disturbance  of  the  molecular  motion  of  this 
salt  prevents  the  elimination  of  such  water  from  the  tissues  as 
is  produced  by  oxidation  of  organic  substances. 

The  action  of  Natrum  sulph.  is  opposite  to  that  of  Natrum 
mur.  Both  have  the  property  to  attract  water,  but  for  oppo- 
site purposes.  Natrum  mur.  attracts  the  water  which  is  to  be 
used  in  the  organism,  while  Natrum  sulph.  attracts  the  water 
due  to  retrograde  metamorphosis  and  secures  its  elimination 
from  the  organism. 

Natrum  ?nur.  furthers  the  division  of  cells  for  purposes  of 
increase.  Natrum  sulph.  takes  away  water  from  worn-out 
leucocytes,  and  thereby  accomplishes  their  disintegration.  It 
is,  therefore,  the  remedy  for  leucaemia.  It  irritates  epithelial 
cells  and  nerves,  as  will  be  seen  in  the  following  facts  : 

In  consequence  of  the  induced  activity  by  the  Natrum  sulph. 
of  the  epithelial  cells  lining  the  uriniferous  tubes,  superfluous 
water,  holding  in  solution  or  suspension  products  of  metamor- 
phosis is  sent  to  the  kidneys.  This  leaves  the  organism  by 
way  of  the  ureter  and  bladder  as  urine. 

Natrtim  sulph.,  by  stimulating  the  epithelial  cells  of  the  bile 
ducts,  pancreas  and  intestinal  canal,  furthers  the  normal  secre- 
tion of  these  organs.  It  also  has  the  function  to  stimulate  the 
nerves  of  these  parts. 

If  the  sensory  nerves  of  the  bladder  are  not  stimulated  by 
Natrum  sulph.  the  impulse  to  urinate  is  not  reported  to  con- 
sciousness and  involuntary  urination — enuresis — results.  If 
the  motor  nerves  of  the  detrusor  are  not  irritated,  suppression 
of  urine  results. 

In  consequence  of  an  irregular  action  of  Natrum  sulph.  on 


122  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

the  nerves  supplying  the  gall  apparatus,  we  may  have  an  in- 
crease or  diminution  of  that  secretion. 

If  a  diabetes  mellitus  is  caused  by  a  lessened  secretion  of 
pancreatic  fluid,  Natrum  sulph.  may  be  the  remedy  required. 

If  the  motor  nerves  of  the  colon  are  not  influenced  suffi- 
ciently by  Natrum  sulph.  constipation  and  flatulent  colic  re- 
sult. 

If  in  consequence  of  disturbed  molecular  motion  of  Natrum 
sulph.  the  elimination  of  superfluous  water  from  the  intercell- 
ular spaces  is  rendered  tardy,  hydrsemia  results. 

The  hydrsemia  and  the  functional  disturbances  within  the 
gall  secreting  apparatus  are  the  conditions  for  the  develop- 
ment of  the  following  diseases  : 

Intermittent  and  bilious  fevers,  influenza,  vomiting  of  bile, 
bilious  diarrhoea,  oedema,  oedematous  erysipelas,  vesicular 
eruptions,  filled  with  yellow  serum  ;  moist  eczema,  herpes, 
sycotic  growths,  catarrhs,  with  yellowish-green  or  green  secre- 
tions. 

Persons  suffering  from  hydrsemia  are  worse  in  damp 
weather,  near  water,  in  close,  damp  dwellings,  cellars,  etc., 
and  are  better  under  opposite  conditions. 

General  Action. — Like  other  alkaline  sulphates,  an  active 
cathartic.  In  addition,  however,  it  exhibits  a  marked  simi- 
larity to  the  uric  acid  diathesis  in  general,  and  is  certainly  a 
valuable  remedy  in  combating  numerous  phases  of  that  poly- 
morphous malady.  (T.  F.  Allen.)  Gastric  bilious  conditions, 
accumulation  of  water  in  the  areolar  tissues,  yellow,  watery 
secretions  on  the  skin,  or  yellowish  scales  forming  an  eruption 
of  vesicles.  Excessive  secretion  of  bile,  liver  affections,  gravel, 
sand  in  the  urine,  diabetes,  gout,  figwarts,  etc.  The  chief 
characteristic  is  a  dirty  greenish-gray  or  greenish-brown  coating 
on  the  root  of  the  tongue  and  aggravation  from  lying  on  the  left 
side.  Natr.  sulph.  combines  in  a  measure  the  wonderful  effects 
of  Natr.  mur.  and  of  Sulphur  in  the  Western  climate  as  an 
active  malarial  agent.  Its  complaints  are  those  that  are 
brought  on  by  living  in  damp  houses,  basements  and  cellars. 
Complaints  are  worse  in  wet  weather,  correspond  to  the  hy- 


NATRUM    SULPHURICUM.  1 23 

drogenoid  constitution  and  sycotic  dyscrasia,  constitutional 
conditions  in  children  that  result  in  chest  catarrhs  and  asth- 
matic complaints.  (Kent.)  The  morbid  alterations  caused  by 
Natr.  sulpk.  begin  to  be  observable  near  the  end  of  the  ileum 
and  in  the  lower  part  of  the  colon.  In  the  latter  the  follicles 
appear  swollen,  with  a  bright  red  margin  of  capillaries ;  the 
mucous  membrane  between  is  either  pale  or  shows  inconsider- 
able dentritic  injections.  In  the  lower  part  of  the  ileum  the 
mucous  membrane  shows  a  saturated,  bright  red  coloring, 
mostly  equal.  It  is  the  chief  ingredient  in  the  Carlsbad 
water,  so  largely  used  for  its  action  on  the  liver ;  also  con- 
tained in  the  cold  springs  of  the  Isle  of  Wight,  of  Piillna, 
Marienbad  and  Franzensbad. 

Sulphate  of  Sodium  as  a  Hemostatic. — Reverdin,  in  a  paper 
read  before  the  French  Surgical  Association,  advocates  the 
employment  of  the  sulphate  of  sodium  as  a  hemostatic.  He 
has  employed  it  a  number  of  times  successfully  ;  it  is  used  in 
small  doses  (10  centigrams — gr.  i}4)  every  hour,  in  danger- 
ous capillary  hemorrhage  either  of  spontaneous  or  traumatic 
origin.  As  an  example,  after  the  removal  of  a  subcutaneous 
benign  tumor  there  followed  a  hemorrhage  which  resisted  all 
treatment  for  eight  weeks.  The  same  was  true  of  other  cases 
of  traumatic  origin,  and  also  in  cases  of  menorrhagia. 

This  remedy  was  used  by  Kussmaul,  and  is  apparently  pop- 
ular in  the  North  of  Germany  in  cases  of  hemophilia. 

By  experimental  and  clinical  observation  the  author  deter- 
mined that  this  drug  should  be  given  by  the  mouth  only,  as  it 
is  ineffectual  when  used  in  subcutaneous  injections. 

Guiding  Symptoms  and  Characteristic  Indications. 

Mental  Symptoms. — Suicidal  tendency,  must  exercise  restraint, 
attended  with  wildness  and  irritability  ;  irritability  due  to  bil- 
iousness ;  delirium.  Music,  especially  melancholic  strains, 
aggravates  symptoms ;  worse  in  morning.  Disheartened. 
Mental  troubles  arising  from  a  fall  or  other  injuries  to  the  head. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Violent  pulsating  headache,  worse  on  top 


124  THH  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

of  head.  Vertigo,  dizziness  from  gastric  derangements,  ex- 
cess of  bile,  with  bilious  coating  on  the  tongue,  or  bitter  taste 
in  the  mouth.  Sick  headache  with  bilious  diarrhoea,  or  vom- 
iting of  bile,  bitter  taste,  colicky  pain.  Headache  with  giddi- 
ness. Occipital  headache.  Ill  effects  of  falls  on  and  injuries 
to  the  head,  and  mental  troubles  arising:  therefrom.  Congestion 
of  blood  to  head.  Violent  pains  at  base  of  brain,  as  if  crushed 
in  a  vise  or  something  gnawing  there.  Delirium.  Burning 
in  top  of  head.  Brain  feels  as  if  loose.  Scalp  sensitive  ;  hair 
is  painful  on  combing  it. 

Eyes. — Yellowness  of  the  conjunctivae.  Darge,  blister-like 
granulations  with  burning  lachrymation ;  burning  of  the 
edges  of  the  lids.  Chronic  conjunctivitis,  with  granular  lids, 
green  pus,  terrible  photophobia.  Agglutination  of  lids  in 
morning  with  photophobia.     Maculae  on  cornea. 

Ears. — Earache,  as  if  something  were  forcing  its  way  out, 
worse  in  damp  weather.  Ringing  in  ears  as  of  bells.  Iyight- 
ning-like  stitches  through  ears. 

Nose. — Nosebleed  during  menses.  Ozaena  syphilitica,  worse 
every  change  from  dry  to  wet  weather.  Stuffing  up  of  nose. 
Great  dryness  and  burning  in  nose.  Itching  of  wings  of  nose. 
Pus  becomes  green  on  exposure  to  light.  Nasal  catarrh ; 
hawks  up  salty  mucus. 

Face. — Sallow  or  jaundiced  with  biliousness.  Pain  in  the 
zygoma.     Vesicles  and  pimples  on  face. 

Mouth.— Bitter  taste  in  the  mouth,  full  of  slime,  thick  and 
tenacious,  white,  must  hawk  it  up  constantly  from  oesophagus, 
trachea  and  stomach.  "It  wells  up  from  the  stomach,  always 
foul  and  slimy."  Burning  in  mouth.  Bad  taste  in  mouth 
and  always  full  of  slime.  Vesicular  eruptions  around  the 
mouth  and  chin.  Roof  of  mouth  sore  to  touch.  Palate  very 
sensitive  ;  better  on  taking  cold  things. 

Tongue. — Dirty,  brownish-green  coating  or  grayish-green. 
Palate  very  sensitive,  better  taking  cold  things.  Taste  bitter  ; 
slimy  tongue.     Burning  blisters  on  the  tip  ;  red  tongue. 

Teeth. — Toothache  better  by  tobacco-smoke  and  cool  air, 


NATRUM    SULPHURICUM.  125 

also  better  holding  cold  water  in  month  {Coffea).  Gums 
burn.     Blisters  on  gums. 

Throat. — In  diphtheria  when  green  vomiting  occurs  as  an 
intercurrent.  Sore  throat,  feeling  of  a  lump  on  swallowing  ; 
throat  dry.  Ulcerated  sore  throat.  Pharyngeal  catarrh,  pro- 
fuse, thick,  tenacious,  white  mucus.  Hawking  of  salt  mucus 
in  morning. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Thirst  every  evening.  Stomach  feels 
distended  and  heavy ;  constant  nausea.  Vomiting  of  bile 
with  bitter,  sour  taste,  giddiness  and  headache.  Vomiting  of 
salty,  greenish  water.  Biliousness,  excess  of  bile,  vomiting  of 
bitter  fluids,  greenish-brown  or  greenish-gray  tongue.  Bilious 
colic  with  the  above  symptoms  and  dark  stools.  Jaundice 
arising  from  vexation.  Green  evacuations,  sallow  skin,  yellow 
eyeballs.  L,ead  colic  (given  often  and  low,  ix,  2x).  Sour 
risings,  heartburn  and  flatulency.  Wind  colic,  worse  in  the 
sigmoid  flexure  ;  worse  before  breakfast  when  the  stomach  is 
empty.  Aching  and  cutting  pains  in  region  of  liver.  Liver 
engorged,  worse  lying  on  left  side.  Pain  in  left  hypochondriac 
region  often  accompanied  by  a  cough  with  purulent  expector- 
ation.    Stomach  feels  distended. 

Abdomen  and  Stool. — Great  flatulence  with  cutting  pains  in 
abdomen  and  congestion  of  the  liver.  Cannot  bear  tight 
clothing  around  the  waist. '  Tympanites  in  bilious  fevers. 
Flatulent  colic,  often  beginning  in  right  groin  and  spreading 
over  the  whole  abdomen.  Heat  in  the  lower  bowels  with 
green  bilious  discharges.  Diarrhoea,  stools  dark,  bilious  or  of 
green  bile.  Hereditary  looseness  of  bowels  in  old  women. 
Itching  of  anus.  Irritable  liver,  sometimes  after  excessive 
study  or  mental  work.  Soreness  of  the  liver  to  touch,  to  jars, 
with  sharp,  stitching  pains  in  it.  Typhlitis.  Loose  morning 
stools,  particularly  after  a  spell  of  wet  weather.  Wart-like 
eruptions  on  anus  and  between  thighs,  sycosis. 

Urinary  and  Sexual  Organs. — Urine  loaded  with  bile.  Chief 
remedy  in  diabetes.  Chronic  nephritis,  urethral  discharge, 
yellowish-green.  Lithic  deposits  in  the  urine,  brickdust-like 
coloring   matter  in  the  water,   often   associated  with   gout. 


126  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Burning  during  micturition.  Gravel,  sandy  deposit  in  the 
urine.  Polyuria  simplex,  excessive  secretions  of  urine,  espe- 
cially if  diabetic.  Preputial  and  scrotal  oedema.  Enlarged 
prostate  ;  pus  and  mucus  with  the  urine.  Condylomata,  soft, 
fleshy  excrescences  of  syphilitic  origin,  with  greenish  dis- 
charges. Itching  of  genitals.  Chronic  gonorrhoea.  Gonor- 
rhoea and  sycosis.  Gonorrhoea  suppressed.  Female  genitals 
inflamed,  swollen  and  covered  with  vesicles  ;  nosebleed  before 
menses.  Menses  are  profuse,  acrid  and  corrosive,  with  colic 
and  constipation,  or  morning  diarrhoea  and  chilliness.  Leuc- 
orrhoea,  acrid,  corrosive  ;  parts  inflamed. 

Pregnancy. — Vomiting  in  pregnancy  with  bitter  taste. 
Phlegmasia,  alba  dolens.     Herpetic  vulvitis. 

Respiratory  Symptoms. — Hoarseness.  Asthma,  worse  every 
change  to  damp  weather.  Humid  asthma,  rattling  of  mucus. 
Asthma  developing  from  general  bronchial  catarrh.  Sensa- 
tion of  all-goneness  in  chest.  Cough  with  thick,  ropy,  green- 
ish, pus-like  expectoration  ;  soreness  of  chest,  which  is  better 
by  pressure,  hence  patient  holds  his  chest  while  coughing. 
Piercing  pains,  especially  in  left  chest.  Dyspnoea  during 
damp  weather.  Bronchial  catarrh,  cough  worse  in  early 
morning  [Kali  card.). 

Circulatory  Organs. — Pressure  and  anxiety  in  heart  region, 
must  go  into  open  air  for  relief. 

Back  and  Extremities. — Bruised  pain  in  small  of  back  and 
sacrum.  Soreness  up  and  down  the  spine  and  neck.  Spinal 
meningitis,  very  important  remedy,  with  drawing  back  of  the 
neck  and  spasms  in  the  back.  Swelling  and  suppuration  of 
axillary  glands.  Panaritium.  Stitches  in  the  left  hip,  trem- 
bling of  the  hands,  languor  and  oedema  of  the  feet.  Parony- 
chia. Inflammation  and  suppuration  around  roots  of  nails. 
Tingling  ulcerative  pain  under  nails.  Itching  of  toes. 
Sciatica  when  getting  up  from  sitting  or  turning  in  bed ;  no 
relief  in  any  position.  Pains  from  hips  to  knees.  Rheumatic 
pains  in  the  limbs  if  gastric  symptoms  correspond.  Cracking 
of   joints.     Locomotor  ataxia.     Podagra,    gout  in  the    feet, 


NATRUM    SUWHURICUM.  127 

acute  and  chronic  cases.     Burning  in  soles  and  extends  to 
knees.     Arthritis. 

Nervous  Symptoms — Prostration  ;  tired,  weary  feeling,  espe- 
cially about  the  knees.  Restless  desire  to  move.  Exhaustion 
with  colic.  Chorea  with  retarded  stools.  Trembling  of  the 
whole  body.  Twitching  of  hands  and  feet  during  sleep. 
Hands  tremble  on  writing. 

Sleep. — Drowsiness,  often  the  precursor  of  jaundice,  with 
bilious  symptoms,  worse  in  the  forenoon  and  when  reading. 
Heavy,  ■  anxious  dreams,  awakes  at  night  with  attack  of 
asthma.  Much  dreaming  soon  after  falling  asleep,  starting 
as  if  in  a  fright.     Is  awakened  by  flatulent  pain. 

Febrile  Symptoms. — Ague,  intermittent  fever  in  all  its 
stages,  bilious  vomiting.  Remittent  bilious  fever,  yellow 
fever,  assiiming  form  of  severe  bilious  remittent  fever,  green- 
ish-yellow vomit,  brown  or  black.  Internal  coldness.  Chill 
with  icy  coldness  towards  evening.  Hot  feeling  on  top  of 
the  head.  Sweat  without  thirst.  "  Soreness  in  the  hepatic 
region,  shifting  flatus  and  tendency  to  diarrhoea."  (J.  W. 
Ward,  M.  D.) 

Skin. — Tendency  to  warts  around  eyes,  scalp,  face,  chest, 
anus,  etc.  Chafing  of  the  skin  in  children  with  bilious 
symptoms.  Eczema.  Vesicles,  eruptions  containing  yellow, 
watery  secretions.  Fingers  swollen  and  stiff.  Palms  of  hands 
raw  and  sore,  and  exude  a  watery  fluid.  Erysipelas,  smooth, 
red,  shiny,  tingling  or  painful  swelling  of  the  skin.  Pem- 
phigus, watery  vesicles  or  blebs  over  the  body,  wheals,  con- 
taining a  yellow,  watery  secretion.  Yellow  scales  after  the 
breaking  of  vesicles  or  blisters  on  the  skin.  Moist  skin  affec- 
tions with  bilious  symptoms.  (Edematous  inflammations  of 
the  skin.  Jaundiced  skin,  itching  while  undressing.  Sycotic 
excrescences.  Fistulous  abscesses  of  years'  standing,  dis- 
charging watery  pus,  surrounded  by  a  broad,  bluish  line,  bur- 
rowing. 

Tissues. — Regulates  water  capacity  of  venous  system. 
CEdema.  smooth  swelling.  Infiltration.  Simple  dropsy  in- 
vading the  areolar  tissues  of  the  body.     Secretions  which  are 


128  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

yellow,   watery,    etc.      Sycosis   and   leucaemia.     Hydrogenoid 
constitution.     Consumption.     Pyaemia.     Sciatica. 

Modalities. — Always  worse  in  damp,  wet  weather,  feels  best 
in  warm  and  dry  weather  and  in  open  air.  Symptoms  such 
as  arise  from  living  in  damp  houses,  basements  and  cellars, 
worse  from  water  in  any  form.  Complaints  from  eating 
plants  that  grow  near  water,  fish,  etc.  Pains  make  him 
change  position  often  (Rhus).  General  aggravation  from  lying 
on  the  left  side. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — Proved  first  by  Schretter  in  1832,  and 
by  Nenning.  The  best  arrangement  of  symptoms  appeared 
in  Hering's  Materia  Meddca,  transferred  with  some  additions 
to  Alletfs  Encyclopedia.  But  the  credit  of  greatly  enlarging 
our  philosophical  conception  and  therapeutic  application  of 
this  drug  belongs  to  Grauvogl,  who  showed  the  correspond- 
ence of  this  drug  to  the  so-called  hydrogenoid  constitution 
and  chronic  effects  of  gonorrhoeal  infection.  His  observations 
have  been  repeatedly  verified. 

Administration. — In  lead  colic  low,  ix  to  2x,  and  often. 
Schiissler  recommends  the  6x  trituration.  Grauvogl  used 
mainly  the  2x  to  6x  potency,  while  the  30  and  200  have  been 
used  by  Hering  and  others. 

Relationship. — Natr.  sulph.  has  many  symptoms  in  common 
both  with  the  Natrums  and  Sitlphur.  In  the  eye  symptoms 
compare  Graphit.,  which  also  has  the  extreme  aggravation 
from  light  in  chronic  eye  affections.  In  the  cough,  Bryon. 
corresponds  to  Natr.  sulph.,  in  the  all-gone  sensation  in  chest, 
soreness  and  need  of  steadying  the  chest,  hence  relief  by  pres- 
sure ;  but  Natr.  sulph.  has  much  more  the  muco-purulent, 
thick,  ropy,  yellowish-green  expectoration,  hence  in  later 
stages,  Bryon.  more  to  the  earlier,  when  cough  is  more  irrit- 
able, with  much  rawness,  constriction,  burning  and  sensation 
of  tearing  in  chest.  In  asthma  compare  also  Silicea  as  a 
radical  remedy.  In  gonorrhoea  Natr.  sulph.  competes  with 
Thuja  and  Mercur.  It  is  painless  with  Natr.  sulph.,  and  the 
discharge  keeps  up  a  yellowish-green,  thick  discharge.  Com- 
plementary to    Thuja  for  deep-seated  sycotic  constitutional 


SIUCEA.  129 


affections,  or  where  a  sycotic  condition  is  engrafted  on  a 
hydrogenoid  base.  In  polyuria,  Fermm  phosph.,  Phosph.  acid 
precede  it.     Compare  Stillingia  in  hip  disease. 


SILICEA. 

Synonyms. — Silica.  Silicea  Tera.  Silex.  Decarbonized 
white  pebble.  Acidium  Silicicum.  The  proper  name  is 
Silicic  Oxide. 

Common  Names. — Pure  Flint  or  Quartz.     Silicious  Earth> 

Chemical  Properties. — Formula,  Si02.  Prepared  by  fusing 
silica  and  carbonate  of  sodium  ;  dissolving  residue  filtered  and 
precipitated  by  hydrochloric  acid.  It  is  a  white  powder,  hav- 
ing neither  taste  nor  smell. 

Preparation. — Pure  Silicea  is  triturated  according  to  Class 
VII,  American  Homoeopathic  Pharmacopoeia.  Dr.  P.  Wilde 
uses  preferably  the  silicate  of  soda  known  as  "  liquid  glass," 
which  is  freely  soluble  in  water.     (See  "Administration.") 

Physiologico-chemical  Data. — Although  this  inorganic  salt 
is  found  very  abundantly  throughout  the  vegetable  kingdom, 
especially  in  grasses,  grain,  palms,  etc.,  it  is  found  compara- 
tively little  in  the  animal  kingdom,  notably  so  in  the  higher 
orders,  the  vertebrae.  Traces  of  Silicea,  however,  are  found 
in  the  ashes  of  blood,  bile  or  urine,  and  larger  quantities  (7 
per  cent.)  in  the  white  of  egg,  and  even  more  in  the  ashes  of 
the  epidermis,  hair  and  nails.  It  is  also  found  in  the  connec- 
tive tissue,  and  hence  its  action  on  the  spinal  cord,  brain  and 
nerves  must  be  referred  to  the  investing  membrane,  the  con- 
nective tissue,  of  the  nerve-fibres.  Disturbance  of  the  func- 
tion of  the  Silicea  molecules  causes  a  turgescence  of  the  cells 
of  the  connective  tissues  involved.  This  swelling  may  re- 
main stationary  for  a  time,  then  disappear  or  occasion  sup- 
puration. 

General  Action. — Silicea  acts  more  upon  the  organic  sub- 
stances of  the  body,  involving  prominently  bones,  joints, 
glands,  skin  and  mucous  surfaces,  producing  malnutrition 
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130  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

and  corresponding  to  the  scrofulous  diathesis.  Its  action  is 
deep  and  long-lasting.  It  is  especially  suited  to  imperfectly 
nourished  constitutions,  owing  to  deficient  assimilation. 

It  is  the  remedy  for  ailments  attended  with  pus-formation, 
and  is  closely  related  to  all  fistulous  burrowings.  Wherever 
pus  is  formed  in  an  inflamed  part  of  connective  tissue  or  skin, 
Silicea  may  be  used.  Deeply-seated  scrofulous  cachexia  and 
some  forms  of  septic  infections  (vaccine)  find  in  it  a  valuable 
general  remedy.  Like  Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea  corresponds  to  the 
process  of  suppuration,  with  the  following  distinguishing  fea- 
tures :  Silicea  ripens  abscess,  since  it  promotes  suppuration. 
Calc.  sulph.,  by  restraining:  the  suppurative  process,  heals  sup- 
purating wounds.  As  long  as  infiltration,  which  can  only  dis- 
appear by  suppuration,  lasts,  Silicea  is  the  remedy,  and  should 
be  continued  until  all  the  infiltrated  parts  have  disappeared. 
If  then  the  wound  fails  to  heal,  give  Calc.  stdph.  Ailments 
affecting  the  periosteum.  Deep-seated  suppurations,  pus  thick 
and  yellow ;  also  in  certain  reflex  affections  connected  with 
the  nerves.  After  suppuration  has  ceased  to  be  active,  but 
the  process  lingers  and  the  pus  forms  chronic  depots,  small  or 
large,  fistulous  or  otherwise  ;  also,  where  the  general  organism 
is  both  irritable  and  weak,  and  the  nervous  system  is  easily 
aroused  to  exhausting  agitation  (as  Dunham  says,  it  is  contra- 
indicated  by  general  nerve  torpor),  this  is  a  specific  remedy. 
In  localized  exhaustion,  when  the  symptoms  resemble  paraly- 
sis— e.  £-.,  rectal  distention,  dilated  and  irritable  heart,  great 
general  debility,  as  after  lying-in — it  should  always  be  thought 
of.     In  general  hypersesthesia  and  exaggerated  reflexes. 

Silicea  has  also  the  power  to  reabsorb  a  bloody  or  sero- 
albuminous  exudate,  existing  within  the  tissues  by  means  of 
the  lymphatics.     Here  it  often  follows  Calc.  phos. 

Silicea  cures  chronic  gouty  rheumatic  affections  by  means 
of  its  stimulating  effects  of  the  involved  connective  tissue  cells, 
compelling  these  to  throw  off  the  accumulated  urates 
through  the  lymphatics. 

Silicea  can  restore  suppressed  foot-sweats,  and  in  this  way 
be  an  indirect  remedy  for  diseases  resulting  from  suppression 


SIUCEA.  131 

of  foot-sweat,  for  instance  :  Amblyopia,  cataract,  paralyses,  etc. 
If  the  cells  of  any  part  of  the  connective  tissue  show  a  lack 
of  Silicea  molecules,  they  atrophy  in  consequence. 

Guiding  Symptoms  and  Characteristic  Indications. 

Mental  Symptoms — Thought  difficult,  attention  difficult  to  fix, 
can  be  aroused  but  tires  easily,  stronger  mentally  than  physi- 
cally ;  he  has  grit.  Desponding,  peevish,  disgust  of  life. 
Oversensitive  to  noise,  etc.,  and  with  anxiety.  Great  irrita- 
bility. A  peculiar  mental  abstraction,  marked  by  a  propensity 
to  toy  by  the  hour  with  pins  and  needles.  Brain-fag,  school 
girls  become  confused  during  recitations  because  they  cannot 
concentrate  their  thoughts  ;  want  to  think  but  are  unable  to 
do  so. 

Head  and  Scalp. — Vertigo,  patient  inclines  to  fall  forward  or 
to  the  left.  Labyrinthine  vertigo.  Headaches  with  vertigo, 
with  small  nodules  on  scalp,  from  hunger,  from  abdominal  ir- 
ritation, from  overstudy,  from  nervous  exhaustion.  Headache 
is  throbbing,  beating,  pressing  asunder  and  coldness  of  head, 
with  constant  need  for  wrapping  it  up.  Headache  from  nape 
to  vertex,  more  on  right  side,  aggravated  by  noise,  exertion,  light, 
study,  and  relieved  by  warmth.  Pressive  headache  from  above 
downward,  with  intermittent  itching  of  vulva.  Cerebral  apo- 
plexy, preceded  by  deep-seated  stitches  in  the  right  parietal 
region  and  dull,  heavy,  crampy  pain  in  arms.  Scalp  very  sen- 
sitive and  sore ;  itching.  Painful  pustules.  Suppurating 
wounds.  Sweat  on  head  of  children,  like  to  keep  the  head 
wrapped  up  warm  ;  large,  open  fontanelles.  Offensive  erup- 
tion on  occiput.  Hair  falls  out.  Cephalaematoma.  Nodules 
on  scalp. 

Eyes. — A  remedy  of  great  importance  in  diseases  of  the 
lachrymal  apparatus,  especially  the  lachrymal  sac.  Lachrymal 
fistula.  Styes.  Blepharitis.  Tarsal  tumors.  Boils  and  cystic 
tumors  around  eyes  and  lids.  Pustular  keratitis.  Ulcers  of 
cornea,  especially  the  small  round  variety  with  a  tendency  to 
perforate ;  also  the  sloughing  ulcer  with  sticking  pains. 
(Hepar.)     Cataract.     Amblyopia  after  suppressed  foot-sweat 


132  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

or  eruptions.  Affections  appearing  in  the  angles  of  the  eye. 
Corneal  scars  and  opacities  after  small-pox.  Ciliary  neuralgia, 
especially  over  right  eye.  Pressure  and  soreness  in  the  orbits. 
Muscse  volitantes.  Letters  run  together  when  reading  or 
writing.     Caries  of  the  orbit. 

Ears. — Sensitive  to  loud  sound.  Roaring  in  ears.  Inflam- 
mation of  middle  ear,  especially  chronic  suppuration.  Inflam- 
matory swelling  of  external  meatus.  Dulness  of  hearing  with 
swelling  and  catarrh  of  the  Eustachian  tubes  and  tympanic 
cavity.  Otitis  suppurativa.  Otorrhcea  curdy  and  ichorous, 
with  caries  of  the  mastoid  cells.  Inflammation  of  ear  after 
bathing.     Deafness,  ears  open  at  times  with  a  loud  report. 

Nose. — Tip  of  nose  red.  Itching  of  nostrils.  Sneezing; 
coryza,  nasal  catarrh.  Ozsena,  with  fetid  offensive  discharge 
when  the  affection  is  seated  in  the  submucous  connective  tis- 
sues or  in  the  periosteum.  Chronic  coryza  with  swelling  of 
the  mucous  membrane,  dryness,  excoriation,  with  crusts  and 
loss  of  smell.  Caries  of  the  nasal  bones  from  syphilis  or  scrof- 
ulosis.  Intolerable  itching  of  the  tip  of  the  nose.  Inveterate 
ulceration  producing  acrid,  corroding  discharge.  Herpetic 
eruption  around  nostrils  and  lips. 

Face. — Faceache  with  small  lumps  or  nodules  on  the  face. 
Induration  of  cellular  tissue  of  the  face  following  gumboil. 
Sycosis  menti,  acne  and  lupus.  Skin  of  face  cracks.  Caries 
and  necrosis  of  the  jaw.  Tumors  on  the  lips.  Pale,  earthy 
complexion. 

Mouth. — Suppuration  of  the  salivary  glands.  Mouth  gan- 
grenous, with  perforating  ulcer  of  the  palate.  Chronic  phar- 
yngitis with  constipation.  Ulceration  of  the  corners  of  the 
mouth. 

Tongue. — Induration  of  the  tongue ;  ulcer  on  the  tongue  ; 
sensation  of  a  hair  on  tongue. 

Teeth. — Very  violent  toothache  at  night,  when  neither  heat 
nor  cold  gives  relief,  and  when  caused  by  chilling  of  feet. 
Toothache  when  the  pain  is  deep-seated  in  the  periosteum,  or 
fibrous  membrane  covers  the  root  of  the  teeth  and  an  abscess 


SIUCEA.  133 

forms  (fistula  dentalis).  Difficult  dentition ;  gums  sensitive 
and  blistered  ;  gumboils. 

Throat. — Enlarged  thyroid  gland.  Tonsillitis  when  the 
suppurating  gland  will  not  heal.  Periodical  quinsy.  Paraly- 
sis of  the  velum  pendulum  palati. 

Gastric  Symptoms. — Child  vomits  as  soon  as  it  nurses.  In- 
tolerance of  alcoholic  stimulants.  Induration  of  the  pylorus. 
Chronic  dyspepsia  with  acid  eructations,  with  heartburn  and 
chilliness ;  vomiting  in  the  A.  M.  Disgust  for  meat  and  for 
warm  food.     Extreme  hunger. 

Abdomen  and  Stomach. — Large  abdomen  in  children.  En- 
larged inguinal  glands.  Constipation  associated  with  spinal 
affections,  due  to  semi-paralysis  of  the  rectum ;  particularly 
if  stools  recede  after  having  been  partly  expelled,  due  to  irritable 
sphincter  ani.  Hepatic  abscess  with  induration.  Infantile 
diarrhoea,  cadaverous-smelling,  after  vaccination,  with  much 
sour  perspiration  about  head,  with  hard,  hot,  distended  abdo- 
men. Diarrhoea,  cadaverous  odor.  Shifting  of  flatulence. 
Intensely  painful  hemorrhoids.  Worm  colic.  Fissura  ani 
and  fistula  in  ano. 

Urinary  and  Sexual  Organs — Suppuration  of  kidneys,  urine 
loaded  with  pus  and  mucus.  Red  sandy  deposit,  uric  acid. 
Enuresis  from  worms  or  in  chorea.  Chronic  syphilis  with 
suppurations  and  indurations.  Chronic  gonorrhoea,  with 
thick,  fetid,  purulent  discharge.  Sexual  erethism,  with  per- 
sistent sexual  thoughts,  often  nocturnal  emissions,  also  with 
paralytic  disease.  Itching  and  much  sweating  about  scrotum. 
Prostatis.  Hydrocele.  Seminal  emissions.  Menses  are  asso- 
ciated with  icy  coldness  over  whole  body  and  constipation  and  fetid 
footsweat.  Menses  early,  but  scanty  ;  rarely  profuse.  Burning 
and  itching  of  pudenda.  Nymphomania.  Deucorrhoea  acrid, 
profuse,  itching.  Menses  during  lactation.  Serous  cysts  of 
vagina.  Sterility.  Abscess  of  labia,  with  tendency  to  fistu- 
lous openings.     Metrorrhagia  due  to  standing  in  cold  water. 

Pregnancy. — Breasts  very  hard  and  painful,  as  if  gathering. 
Inflammation  of  the  breasts,  mastitis,  to  control  the  forma- 
tion  of  the  pus,    and  to   absorb  the  remaining   induration. 


134  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Scirrhus.  Nipples  crack  and  ulcerate  easily,  fistulous  ulcers 
of  the  mammae,  hard  lumps  in  the  mammae  threatening  sup- 
puration. Soreness  and  lameness  of  feet  from  instep  to  sole 
during  pregnancy. 

Respiratory  Symptoms. — Pneumonia,  stage  of  suppuration. 
Empyema.  Suppurative,  rattling,  loose,  copious  expectora- 
tion of  thick,  yellow-green  pus,  accompanied  with  hectic 
fever ;  profuse  night-sweats  and  great  debility.  Chronic 
bronchitis  and  phthisis.  Cough  of  sickly  children  with  night- 
sweats.  Hoarseness,  irritative  cough,  with  feeling  of  a  hair 
on  tongue,  provoked  by  tickling  in  throat  and  suprasternal 
fossa,  by  cold  drinks;  worse  at  night  when  lying  down. 
Sputa  abundant,  thick,  pus-like,  with  weakness  and  deep-seated 
pain  in  chest.  Phthisical  abscess  of  lungs.  Cough  and 
sore  throat,  with  expectoration  of  little  granules  smelling 
bad. 

Circulatory  Organs. — Palpitation  after  violent  motion  or 
when  sitting  quietly.     Chronic  heart  disease. 

Back  and  Extremities. — Soreness  between  shoulders.  Spinal 
curvature,  rachitis,  spinal  irritation.  Coccyx  hurts  after  rid- 
ing. Carbuncles  along  the  spine.  Spina  bifida.  Psoas  ab- 
scess. Hip-joint  disease,  to  prevent  or  control  suppuration. 
Suppurating  wounds  of  the  extremities  discharging  thick, 
yellow  matter,  and  the  suppuration  is  deep-seated.  Whitlow, 
felon,  sensation  in  tips  of  fingers  as  if  suppurating,  assisting 
and  controlling  formation  of  pus  and  stimulating  growth  of 
new  nails.  Pott's  disease.  Proud  flesh  and  caries  ;  old  ulcers 
with  burning  and  lancinating  pains.  Chronic  synovitis  of  the 
knee,  with  great  swelling  and  anchylosis.  Caries  of  bone, 
with  fistulous  openings,  discharging  thin  pus  and  bony  frag- 
ments. In-growing  toe-nails.  Habitual  fetid  perspiration  of 
the  feet,  smelling  horribly,  suppression  causes  other  ailments. 
Offensive  sweat  in  the  axillae.  Nails  crippled  and  brittle,  with 
white  spots.  In-growing  toe-nails.  Pains  through  foot  from 
ankle  to  sole.  Weak  ankles.  Feel  insufferably  tender. 
Nervous  affections  following  injuries  to  spine.  Tonic  spasm  of 
the  hand  when  writing.     Arms  and  hands  feel  heavy  and  par- 


SIUCEA.  135 

alyzed.  Pain  in  shoulder  and  arm  at  night,  relieved  by  warm 
wrappings.  Limbs  and  feet  feel  very  tired  and  as  if  paralyzed. 
Painful  tonic  spasm  in  the  feet  and  toes  during  a  long  walk.  Dis- 
eases brought  on  by  exposure  of  back  to  draught  of  air. 

Nervous  Symptoms. — Epilepsy  occurring  at  night,  the  aura 
begins  in  the  solar  plexus.  Pain  in  various  parts  of  the  body, 
as  if  ulcerating.  Irritability  and  sensitiveness  of  the  spine, 
with  numerous  reflex  pains.  Spasmodic  closure  of  the  sphinc- 
ters. Hysteria  and  obstinate  neuralgia.  Suffering  parts  feel 
cold,  are  sensitive  to  dampness.  Weakness  with  desire  to  lie 
down.  Trembling  of  limbs  and  paretic  symptoms.  Tabes 
dorsalis.  Spasms  from  slight  provocation.  Exhaustion  with 
erethism. 

Sleep. — Sleeplessness  from  orgasm  of  blood.  Palpitation, 
rapid  pulse,  heat.  Talking  in  sleep.  Jerking  of  limbs  dur- 
ing sleep.     Bad  dreams. 

Febrile  Symptoms. — Hectic  fever  during  long  suppurative 
processes.  Chilliness  all  day,  on  movement,  want  of  animal 
heat.  Sensitive  to  cold  air.  Heat  in  afternoon  and  all  night 
with  burning  in  feet.  Sweat  at  night,  with  loss  of  appetite 
and  prostration.  Copious  sweat  about  the  head.  Offensive 
sweat  of  feet. 

Skin. — Skin  very  sensitive  ;  itching,  burning,  papules,  nod- 
ules, ulcers,  boils,  carbuncles,  felons  and  malignant  pustules. 
Chilblains.  Crusta  lactea  with  an  offensive  oozing.  Eczema 
squamosum.  Acne.  Pustules  are  extremely  painful.  Great 
tendency  to  boils  in  any  part  of  the  body.  Abscesses  and 
carbuncles  and  subsequent  indurations.  Ulcers,  with  proud 
flesh,  putrid,  acrid  ichor,  edges  elevated  and  bluish,  fistulous 
ulcers,  and  around  nails.  Skin  heals  with  difficulty  and  sup- 
purates eas'ly.  Scrofulous  eruptions.  Rhagades.  Deep-seated, 
phlegmonous  erysipelas.  Bursa.  Glandular  swellings.  Var- 
iola, suppurative  form.  Impure  vaccination.  Lepra,  espe- 
cially for  the  nasal  ulceration,  nodes  and  coppery  spots. 

Tissues. — Fungi,  easily  bleeding  abscess  with  fistulous  open- 
ings, inflammatory  swelling,  ulceration  and  necrosis  of  bone. 
Rachitis.     Cellular  suppuration  with  slow  course  and  subse- 


136  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

quent  induration.  Malignant  and  gangrenous  inflammations. 
Enlarged  suppurating  glands,  especially  cervical  glands. 
Neglected  cases  of  injury  if  suppuration  threatens.  Dis- 
charges and  excretions  offensive.  Dropsy.  Suppurations  of 
the  sebaceous  glands,  scrofulous  diathesis.  Enchondroma. 
Tumor  albus. 

Modalities. — Symptoms  are  always  worse  at  night  and  dur- 
ing full  moon.  Amelioration  by  heat  and  warm  room.  Head- 
ache relieved  by  wrapping  the  head  up  warm.  Abdominal 
pains,  cough,  rheumatic  pains  all  relieved  by  warmth.  Worse 
in  the  open  air ;  worse  from  suppressed  foot-sweat  or  chilling 
the  feet  or  from  cold. 

Homoeopathic  Data. — This  drug  was  proved  by  Hahnemann. 
The  first  record  of  it  appeared  in  the  Chronic  Diseases,  vol. 
iii,  in  1828. 

Administration. — Schiissler  recommends  the  6x  and  the  i2x 
potencies,  but  in  the  homoeopathic  school  the  most  brilliant 
results  have  followed  the  use  of  the  higher  attenuations  (see 
Clinical  Cases,  Part  III).  Its  external  application  is  also 
recommended  by  Schiissler  and  others,  in  carbuncles,  ulcers, 
ulceration  of  womb,  abscess,  ozsena  as  a  spray,  etc.  Massive 
and  repeated  doses  are  indicated  in  scrofulous,  glandular 
swellings  without  suppurations.  But  where  there  is  actual 
suppuration,  or  even  a  tendency  thereto,  high  potencies  (30th) 
help  in  chronic  cases,  one  dose  daily,  or  even  less  often,  in 
subacute  cases,  morning  and  evening — in  acute  cases  from 
two  to  three  hours.  An  effective  method  of  using  Silicea 
locally  is  to  make  a  strong  decoction  of  hay.  This  contains 
a  large  percentage  of  Silicea.  The  silicate  of  soda  should  be 
given  in  free  solution.  Percy  Wilde,  M.  D.,  who  introduced 
this  valuable  preparation  of  Silicea,  gives  three  to  four  drops 
three  times  daily,  and  each  dose  is  given  in  one-third  of  a 
tumbler  of  water,  or,  better  still,  in  milk.  The  effect  of  the 
remedy  must  be  watched,  as  it  is  apt  to  cause  active  changes 
in  the  tumor  within  forty-eight  hours  (see  Tumors,  Part  III). 

Relationship. — In  suppuration  compare  Calcarea  sulph.,  the 
difference  being  that  Silicea  promotes  suppuration  and  brings 


SILICEA.  137 

the  process  to  maturity,  whereas  Calc.  sulph.  heals  the  process 
by  checking  it  and  promoting  the  healthy  granulation.  For 
results  from  impure  vaccination  we  have,  besides  Silicea  and 
Thuja,  Kali  mur.,  which,  according  to  Schiissler,  is  the  one 
remedy  necessary.  The  Silicea  headache  is  similar  to  Spigel., 
Paris,  Picric  acid,  Coccul.,  Gelsem.  and  Sanguin.  In  fistula 
lachrymalis  compare  Natr.  mur.  and  Petrol.  In  whitlow  and 
ingrowing  toe-nail,  when  Silicea  fails,  Graphit.  often  succeeds. 
In  caries  and  periostitis  compare  Asa/.,  Graphit.,  Conium, 
Platina  mur.  In  tabes  compare  Alumina,  RtUa.  Silicea  is  a 
chronic  Pulsat.;  it  corresponds  to  the  chronic  form  of  such 
diseases  as  Pulsat.  cures  when  acute.  Pulsat.  grows  on  sandy 
bottom,  and  probably  contains  Silicea  as  one  of  its  constitu- 
ents. In  bone  diseases  it  resembles  closely  Mercur.,  but  it 
should  not  be  given  after  Mercur.,  as  it  may  much  complicate 
the  case.     (Gilchrist.) 

In  Moleschott's  Kreislauf  des  Lebens,  he  says  that  the  ashes 
of  Eqtiiset.  hyem.  consist  nearly  wholly  of  Silicea.  The  cures 
of  bladder  troubles  reported  by  Equiset.  are  probably  due  to 
the  Silicea  it  contains.  The  mineral  springs  of  Bareges,  in 
the  Pyrenees,  contain  an  unusually  large  amount  of  Silicea 
in  a  soluble  form,  and  this  spa  has  been  singled  out  by  em- 
pirical experience  as  most  valuable  in  the  class  of  cases  for 
which  Silicea  is  homceopathically  indicated.  (Percy  Wilde, 
M.  D.) 

In  labyrinthine  vertigo  compare  Natr.  salicy.  In  ulceration 
around  the  nails,  Psorinum  is  invaluable.  Allied  remedies  : 
Fluoric  acid,  Picric  acid,  Hypericum,  Ruta,  Mercur.,  etc. 


PART  Til. 

Therapeutical  Application  of  the  Twelve 
Tissue  Remedies. 


ABSCESS. 


Ferrum  phos. — This  is  the  first  remedy  to  be  given  in  all 
cases  of  boils,  carbuncles,  felons,  or  any  suppurative  process, 
where  there  are  present  fever,  heat,  throbbing  pain  and  con- 
gestion in  the  parts.  If  given  early,  this  remedy  will  often 
abort  suppuration. 

Kali  mur. — Is  indicated  in  the  second  stage  of  boils,  car- 
buncles, felons,  abscess,  etc.,  where  there  is  swelling,  but  as 
yet  no  pus  formation  ;  especially  is  it  indicated  in  abscesses  of 
the  breast,  with  the  above  characteristics.  It  may  be  given  in 
carbuncles,  boils,  and  other  suppurative  processes  to  abort 
swelling  before  matter  forms.  It  may  also  be  used  as  a  lotion, 
applied  externally  on  lint. 

Natrum  sulph. — Fistulous  abscesses  of  years'  standing,  dis- 
charging watery  pus,  surrounded  by  a  broad  bluish  border. 
Burrowing  abscesses.  A  single  dose  of  the  3d  trituration  gives 
everything  a  favorable  turn ;  the  abscesses  collapse,  the  fistu- 
lous canals  dry  up.  Paronychia,  inflammation  or  suppuration 
around  roots  of  nails. 

Silicea. — When  suppuration  appears  this  remedy  should  be 
exhibited  at  once.  It  greatly  assists  the  suppurative  process, 
causing  the  tumor  rapidly  to  ripen,  and  often  to  break  spon- 
taneously. It  is  to  follow  Kali  mur.  in  those  cases  where  pus 
has  commenced  to  form,  as  in  mammary  abscess,  especially  if 
Kali  mtir.  has  failed  to  abort  the  suppuration.  After  the  ab- 
scess breaks  or  is  opened,  this  remedy  should  be  continued  as 


ABSCESS.  139 

long-  as  infiltration  remains.  Silicea  is  also  useful  in  blind 
boils.  In  whitlow  Silicea  assists  and  controls  the  formation 
of  pus  and  stimulates  the  growth  of  new  nails.  The  use  of 
Silicea  in  all  cases  of  commencing  whitlow  cannot  be  overes- 
timated. A  dose  every  two  hours  will  usually  cure  the  felon 
in  twenty-four  hours.     (A.  P.  Davis,  M.  D.) 

Calcarea  sulph. — This  remedy  follows  Silicea  well  in  sup- 
purative processes,  when,  notwithstanding  the  absence  of  in- 
filtration, the  suppuration  continues,  owing  to  the  torpidity 
of  the  affected  tissues.  It  is  useful  in  boils,  gathered  breasts, 
whitlow  or  felon,  when  they  are  discharging.  It  will  abort 
felons  and  furuncles  in  the  i2x.  (W.  E.  Iy.)  The  presence 
of  pus  with  a  vent  is  an  indication  for  its  use.  The  distin- 
guishing features  between  this  remedy  and  Silicea,  in  ab- 
scesses, are  these  :  Silicea  ripens  abscesses,  since  it  promotes 
suppuration  ;  Calcarea  sulph.  heals  suppurating  wounds,  since 
it  restrains  the  suppurative  process.  It  lacks  the  fetor  of 
Silicea.  This  remedy  is  similar  to  Hepar  sulph.,  but  it  acts 
more  deeply  and  intensely.  Painful  abscess  about  anus.  A 
most  useful  remedy  in  gumboils. 

Kali  phos. — This  remedy  is  indicated  in  abscesses,  carbun- 
cles, felons  and  other  suppurative  processes  when  there  are 
adynamic  symptoms  and  the  suppurative  process  becomes  un- 
healthy. The  pus  is  ichorous,  bloody,  offensive  and  dirty- 
looking.  In  mastitis  when  the  pus  is  brownish,  dirty  and 
foul. 

Calcarea  fluor. — When  the  suppurative  process  affects  the 
bone,  or  where  there  are  hard,  callous  edges  to  the  wound, 
then  this  remedy  will  be  found  effective.  In  felons  a  lotion 
on  lint  externally  has  been  found  to  do  good.  "It  is  an  in- 
valuable remedy  in  pelvic  abscess  proceeding  from  caries  of 
some  bone."  (Southwick.)  "In  old  cases  of  fistulous  sin- 
uses of  the  mammae  I  have  found  this  remedy  especially  valu- 
able."    (J.  W.  Ward,  M.  D.) 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Patient  had  taken  a  slight  cold  which  settled  in  the  gums  and  the  hard 
and  soft  palate,  and  a  gumboil  began  to  develop  just  back  of  the  upper  in- 


140  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

cisors.  Gave  Ferritin  phos.  with  some  relief,  but  the  boil  seemed  determined 
to  suppurate.  It  continued  to  swell  and  grew  very  painful.  After  reading 
an  article  on  Calc.  sulph.  wherein  the  writer  stated,  "for  gumboils  of 
the  teeth  it  is  the  only  remedy  I  ever  use,"  I  concluded  to  try  it,  and  ac- 
cordingly took  the  3X  in  five  grain  doses,  three  or  four  times  a  day  for  two 
days.  There  was  immediate  improvement;  pain  grew  less,  and,  under  occa- 
sional doses  of  Calc.  sulph.  the  boil  absorbed  and  disappeared.     (M.  F.  R. ) 

A  lady,  Mrs.  B.,  suffering  from  swelling  of  the  leg  below  the  knee,  had 
been  attended  some  months  by  her  doctor,  who  had  poulticed  it,  and  had 
opened  it  with  a  lancet;  but  there  was  no  discharge.  She  was  unable  to 
walk.  It  was  then  painted  with  iodine  without  effect;  then  bandaged  to 
reduce  the  excessively  hard  swelling,  and  cold  water  poured  over  it  thrice 
a  day.  Some  parts  were  blue-looking  on  removing  the  bandage.  It  felt 
cold  and  very  hard,  and  looked  as  if  ready  to  burst;  almost  twice  its  usual 
size.  Warm  fomentations  and  Kali  mur.,  taken  internally  and  applied  ex- 
ternally, cured  the  leg  in  three  weeks.     (From  Schiissler. ) 

Lilly,  aged  6,  daughter  of  the  above  lady,  had  an  ulcerated  tooth  with  a 
well  developed  gumboil  as  an  accessory.  Gumboil  would  not  go  away,  and 
wishing  to  see  what  the  Tissue  Salts  would  do  for  it  I  gave  her  a  box  con- 
taining about  125  tablets  of  Calc.  sulph.  3X.  They  should  have  lasted  her 
ten  days  or  more,  but  they  were  sweet  and,  childlike,  she  could  not  resist, 
and  so  the  box  full  was  gone  in  three  days.  And  so  also  was  the  gumboil 
and  ulcerated  tooth.     (M.  F.  R. ) 

In  August,  1877,  a  young  man,  who  had  suffered  from  sciatica  some  years 
ago,  and  had  been  in  the  habit  of  having  subcutaneous  injections  of  mor- 
phia, developed  a  boil  on  the  seat.  This  discharged  freely,  and  would  not 
heal.  When  at  last  it  seemed  to  be  healed  and  was  comparatively  well,  the 
patient  took  cold.  Suppuration  began  again,  and  this  time  the  discharge 
was  excessive.  His  mother  became  alarmed,  as  he  was  very  weak  and  had 
no  appetite.  His  sleep  was  disturbed,  and  he  felt  a  constant  thirst.  I  pre- 
scribed Silicea — a  dose  every  morning  on  an  empty  stomach.  After  one 
week  the  mother  was  able  to  furnish  the  very  favorable  report:  "The  dis- 
charge of  matter  has  been  reduced  so  much  that  at  one  time  it  seemed  gone 
altogether.  The  great  thirst  has  left  him,  and  his  appetite  has  returned;  his 
sleep  is  sound,  and  the  shivery,  chilly  feeling  he  had  has  completely  gone." 
Silicea  has  here  furnished  a  brilliant  demonstration  of  its  power  over  sup- 
puration, with  its  characteristic  accompanying  symptoms.     ( Dr.  Goullon,  Jr. ) 

A  dressmaker,  in  her  busiest  season,  to  her  dismay,  got  a  felon  on  the 
right  thumb.  Ferrum  phos}'1  in  water,  every  three  hours,  promptly  re- 
lieved and  she  supposed  cured  it.  She  used  it  vigorously,  and  within  three 
days  it  reappeared  with  greatly  increased  pain  and  hard  swelling.  Kali 
mur}'1  finished  the  cure  at  once,  a  single  drop  of  pus  appearing  beneath  the 
cuticle  and  escaped  when  snipped  with  the  scissors.     ( J.  C.  Morgan,  M.  D. ) 

An  old  gentleman  came  into  my  office  with  tenonitis  of  the  second  pha- 
langes. The  whole  hand  was  full  of  thick,  yellow  pus;  had  been  sore  for 
three  months;  sleep  was  a  stranger  to  him;  he  had  been  poulticed,  lanced 
and  morphined,  until  the  physicians  (allopathic)  had  decided  to  remove  the 
finger — in  fact  he  came  to  town  for  that  purpose.     His  physician  being  out 


ADDISON'S   DISEASE.  141 

of  the  city  he  came  into  my  office  to  have  me  look  at  it.  I  told  him  to  let 
the  finger  remain  on  the  hand;  that  although  the  flexors  were  all  rotten — 
eaten  off — and  the  periosteum  inflamed,  yet  the  finger  could  be  cured.  I 
injected  Eucalyptus  into  the  orifice,  and  it  permeated  the  whole  finger  and 
up  into  the  hand.  After  cleansing  the  sores  I  wrapped  it  up  comfortably 
tight  and  put  him  on  Silicea6,  a  dose  every  three  hours;  nothing  else  was 
given  him;  the  Eucalyptus  dressing  was  continued  every  day,  and  in  four 
weeks  the  finger  was  restored  to  its  natural  size  and  shape;  but  the  flexors 
being  all  destroyed  he  could  not  flex  the  fingers.  The  Silicea,  however, 
restored  all  the  connective  tissue-elements,  and  the  man  was  well  satisfied 
with  the  cure.     (A.  P.  Davis,  M.  D.) 

Silicea  has  proved  an  excellent  remedy.  Within  the  last  month  I  was 
able  to  cure  a  young  lady,  aet.  16;  I  did  not  see  her  myself.  The  mother 
came  to  me  and  told  me  her  daughter  had  been  suffering  for  the  past  few 
months  from  her  right  foot.  The  medical  men  treating  her  declared  that 
the  foot  must  be  amputated.  It  was  fearfully  swollen;  the  discharge  of 
matter  was  excessive.  Her  leg  was  almost  bent  to  a  right  angle  at  the  knee- 
joint,  and  could  absolutely  not  be  stretched  out.  I  advised  her  to  give  up 
all  internal  as  well  as  external  remedies,  and  prescribed  Silicea,  to  be  taken 
once  daily.  Three  months  later  the  patient  came  herself,  walking  without 
any  assistance.  The  foot  was  almost  completely  healed,  with  only  a  slight 
discharge  of  matter.  Thus  I  succeeded  in  a  case  of  discharge  of  matter  from 
the  ear,  which  had  been  treated  for  a  long  time  ineffectually,  and  caused  the 
patient  severe  pain  day  and  night.  This  case  was  also  cured  with  Silicea. 
(From  Schiissler. ) 

ADDISON'S  DISEASE. 

Natrum  mur. — When  nutrition  is  greatly  impaired,  tension 
and  heat  in  the  region  of  the  kidneys ;  earthy  complexion, 
brown  spots  upon  the  back  of  the  hands,  excessive  mental  and 
physical  prostration ;  trembling  of  legs,  dim  vision,  want  of 
appetite,  nausea,  vomiting,  loathing  of  meat,  constipation. 
Aversion  to  motion  and  labor ;  frequent  yawning  and  stretch- 
ing ;  cold  extremities,  depression  of  mind  with  irritability ; 
vertigo  on  rising  or  on  trying  to  walk. 

AMENORRHEA. 

Suppression  of  the  Menses. 

Kali  mur. — Sluggish  liver  ;  white  coated  tongue,  and  gland- 
ular inactivity. 

Kali  phos. — Suppression  of  flow  with  depressed  spirits,  las- 
situde and  debility,  where  chest  difficulties  appear  as  a  result 
of  suppression. 


142  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Kali  sulph. — Scanty  or  suppressed  menses,  with  weight  and 
fulness  in  abdomen. 

Natrum  mur. — In  young  girls,  when  the  menses  do  not 
appear,  or  when  scanty  and  at  long  intervals. 

Calcarea  phos. — Amenorrhoea  in  anaemic  patients. 

CLINICAL  C&SES. 

i .  Case  of  a  young  girl  whose  menses  had  not  appeared  for  several  months,, 
and  who  began  to  have  chest  difficulties  as  a  consequence  thereof.  Kali 
phos.'M,  dose  night  and  morning.  The  menses  soon  reappeared,  and  in  four 
weeks  she  had  no  more  chest  pains. 

2.  A  girl,  set.  22,  who  always  had  scanty  menses,  which  during  the  past 
year  had  completely  ceased,  and  caused  head  and  eye  troubles,  received, 
May  12,  18S7,  Kali  phos.,  six  powders.  After  using  it  six  days  the  menses, 
reappeared  with  violent  headache  and  lasted  seven  days,  and  her  other 
troubles  gradualh'  disappeared.     (Monabsblatter. ) 

AFjEMIA. 

Calcarea  phos. — This  remedy  acts  by  supplying  new  blood- 
cells.  Pains  and  cramps  dependent  on  anaemic  conditions. 
Waxy  appearance  of  the  skin  due  to  anaemia.  Chlorosis, 
complexion  waxy,  greenish-white,  with  constant  headache 
and  ringing  in  ears.  Schiissler  gives  this  remedy  alone  for 
chlorosis. 

"  A  fine  constitutional  remedy  in  old  cases  of  cerebral  anae- 
mia where  nutrition  is  manifestly  defective."  (Arndt.) 

"  Pernicious  anaemia,  vertigo  when  getting  up  or  on  rising 
from  sitting ;  eyes  misty  ;  epistaxis,  point  of  the  nose  cold ; 
pale  face,  sallow,  yellowish,  earthy  ;  cold  sweat  on  the  face  ; 
body  cold ;  foul  taste  and  smell ;  tongue  white,  furred  at  the 
root  most  in  the  morning  ;  nausea  and  vomiturition  ;  empty, 
sinking  sensation  at  the  epigastrium  ;  watery  looseness  of  the 
bowels,  with  urging  after  stools  day  or  night ;  urine  with  floc- 
culent  sediment ;  menorrhagia,  blood  either  bright-red  or  too 
dark,  palpitation  with  anxiety,  followed  by  trembling  weak- 
ness, particularly  of  the  calves,  weariness  and  the  greatest 
weakness."     (Arndt.) 

This  remedy  is  also  useful  in  leucaemia,  or  excess  of  white 
corpuscles  in  the  blood  after  exhausting  diseases. 


ANAEMIA.  143 

Ferrumphos. — Follows  Calcarea  phos.  as  soon  as  improve- 
ment of  the  general  health  sets  in.  There  is  a  want  of  red 
blood  in  the  system.  This  remedy,  by  its  power  of  attracting 
oxygen,  colors  the  new  blood-cells  red  and  enriches  them  after 
they  have  been  supplied  by  Calcarea  phos.  Schiissler  in  a 
recent  letter  says  :  "  Iron,  which  enters  into  the  formation  of 
young  blood-cells,  is  never  absent  in  the  blood-serum  of  chloro- 
tics.  Therefore  I  have  lately  abandoned  iron,  which  I  recom- 
mended in  the  first  editions  of  my  Therapeutics  for  chlorosis 
and  other  ansemic  conditions." 

Kali  mur. — This  remedy  may  have  to  be  given  in  anaemia, 
as  a  secondary  remedy  or  intercurrent,  if  such  symptoms  as 
eczema  or  eruptions  of  the  skin  coexist. 

Kali  phos. — Cerebral  anaemia,  anaemic  conditions  of  the 
brain,  causing  undue  nervousness.  Poverty  of  the  blood  from 
influences  which  continually  depress  the  mind  and  nervous 
system.  This  remedy  also  cures  the  leucaemia,  which  is  in- 
duced by  long-continued  disorders.  "  Spinal  anaemia,  from 
exhausting  diseases,  such  as  diphtheria,  reflex  paraplegia, 
with  aching  pains  aggravated  by  rest,  but'  most  manifest  on 
beginning  to  move  about."    (Arndt.) 

Natrum  mur. — In  anaemic  conditions,  where  the  blood  is 
thin  and  watery ;  in  chlorotic  conditions,  with  an  almost 
habitual  feeling  of  coldness  in  the  back  ;  chlorosis  in  young 
girls,  with  dead,  dirty  skin,  frequent  palpitation,  oppression 
and  anxiety  in  the  chest,  morning  cough,  easily  fatigued  and 
prostrated,  with  the  characteristic  tongue,  etc.;  malarious  ca- 
chexia, from  ague  and  Quinine,  sallow  complexion  or  very 
pale,  pressure  and  distension  of  the  stomach,  constipation 
with  contraction  of  the  anus,  terrible  sadness. 

Natrum  phos. — Spinal  anaemia,  paralytic  weakness  of  the 
lower  extremities,  with  general  prostration,  heaviness  and  sen- 
sation of  fatigue,  especially  after  a  short  walk  or  ascending 
steps  ;  legs  give  way,  so  as  to  be  unable  to  progress  farther. 

Natrum  sulph. — Hydraemia,  sycosis,  hydrogenoid  constitu- 
tion of  the  body,  depending  upon  dampness  of  weather  or 
dwelling  in  damp  houses  ;  sycosis  and  hydraemia.  (I^ilienthal.) 


144  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Silicea. — L,eucorrhcea  instead  of  menses  ;  attacks  of  momen- 
tary blindness  or  obscuration  of  vision.  Anaemia  in  infants, 
thin,  delicate  and  puny,  with  tendency  to  rickets. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Dr.  S.  Powell  Burdick  furnished  us  with  two  cases  of  anaemia,  both  in 
young  ladies,  aet.  19  and  21.  Both  presented  the  following  characteristic 
symptoms:  Pale,  anaemic  countenance,  great  exhaustion,  depression  of 
spirits,  violent  attacks  of  frontal  headache  extending  to  the  occiput.  The 
youngest  had  suffered  from  this  condition  for  six  or  seven  years,  and  re- 
ceived treatment  from  several  physicians,  homoeopathic  and  allopathic, 
receiving  from  the  latter  large  quantities  of  iron,  without  any  benefit  what- 
ever. The  eldest  had  also  been  anaemic  for  several  years.  All  their  symp- 
toms were  promptly  relieved,  the  color  returning  even  to  rosy  cheeks  :  the 
ears,  which  were  formerly  pale  and  almost  translucent,  became  reddish  and 
natural  in  color.  The  remedies  employed  were  first  Calcarea  phos.vl,  for  ten 
days  or  two  weeks,  followed  by  Ferrum  phos.1'2,  for  two  weeks,  then  return- 
ing to  the  Calcarea  phos.  again.  About  six  months  sufficed  to  cure  perma- 
nently in  each  case. 

Young  lady,  aet.  17,  became  anaemic  and  chlorotic,  after  long  continuance 
at  school,  becoming  so  debilitated  that  she  could  attend  no  longer,  had  no 
appetite,  and  desired  only  to  lie  about  the  house,  having  no  ambition  to  go 
anywhere  or  do  anything.  Her  study  made  her  head  ache,  and  she  had  to 
give  it  up  entirely;  her  menses  were  irregular,  absent  for  months,  then  a  flow 
varying  in  quantity.  I  gave  her  Calcarea  phos.6,  as  principal  remedy,  giving 
also,  at  times,  Ferrum  phos .  as  well.  After  a  few  months  she  became  well 
enough  to  resume  her  studies,  and  could  walk  anywhere  she  desired  to  go, 
and  her  color  improved.     (C.  T.  M.) 

NaTrum  mur. — W.  Rowley  reports  a  case  of  anaemia  due  to  the  abuse  of 
salt.  The  patient  was  emaciated,  with  general  pallor;  weakness;  sensibility 
exalted;  the  menstrual  flow  never  properly  established.  Bowels  inclined  to 
constipation.  Has  been  in  the  habit  of  using  salt  to  excess.  In  treating  the 
case  the  use  of  salt  was  restricted,  and  one  dose  of  Nat.  mur.  200  given, 
which  was  followed  by  general  improvement,  the  menstrual  flow  assuming 
its  regular  condition  and  strength,  and  general  health  being  restored. 

ANEURISM. 

Calcarea  fluor. — This  disease  at  an  early  stage  may  be  kept 
in  check  or  reduced  with  the  use  of  this,  the  chief  remedy,  in 
alternation  with  Ferrum  phosn  provided  that  the  iodide  of 
potash  has  not  been  taken. 

Ferrum  phos. — This  remedy  should  be  used  early  to  estab- 
lish normal  circulation  and  remove  those  complications  due 
to  excessive  action  of  the  heart ;  can  also  be  alternated  with 


ANGINA   PECTORIS.  1 45 

the  preceding  with  good  effect.     In  small  aneurisms  with  a 
great  deal  of  throbbing. 

ANGINA  PECTORIS. 

Magnesia  phos. — This  remedy  may  be  given  for  the  neu- 
ralgic spasms  of  this  disease.  It  should  be  given  in  hot 
water.  Neuralgic  constrictive  pains  in  chest.  It  is  also  a 
remedy  for  "  false  "  Angina. 

Ferrum  phos. — If  accompanied  by  flushed  face,  burning  or 
diffused  heat,  this  remedy  may  be  alternated  with  the  pre- 
ceding. 

Kali  phos. — If  the  heart's  action  be  weak  or  intermittent 
and  if  there  be  tendency  to  fainting  this  remedy  should  be 
used  alternately  with  Magnesia  phos. 

APHONIA. 

See  also  Hoarseness. 

Ferrum  phos. — Huskiness  after  singing  or  speaking  in 
singers  or  public  speakers,  with  soreness  in  the  larynx. 

ARTHRITIS. 

Ferrum  phos. — At  the  commencement  this  remedy  should 
be  given  in  repeated  doses  when  there  are  febrile  symptoms 
present,  and  later  on  in  the  disease  it  may  be  given  as  an 
intercurrent.  The  joints  are  painful  on  moving,  motion  sets 
up  and  increases  the  pain.     Tenalgia  crepitans. 

Kali  mur. — In  acute  arthritis,  for  the  swelling  or  when  the 
tongue  is  coated  white.  It  may  be  alternated  with  Ferrum 
phos.  Movement  aggravates  the  pains.  It  is  useful  espe- 
cially after  Ferrum  phos.     Tenalgia  crepitans. 

Natrum  mur. — Chronic  arthritis,  joints  crack  (if  tongue 
and  other  symptoms  correspond,  acts  probably  by  increasing 
the  eliminations  of  the  urate  of  sodium).  Synovitis,  gout, 
sore  hamstrings  (verified). 

Natrum  phos. — Acute  gout  (after  Ferr.  phos.).  Chronic 
gout,  profuse,  sour-smelling  sweat.  Rheumatic  arthritis,  espe- 
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146  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

cially  of  finger  joints.  Urine  dark  red.  Pains  go  suddenly 
to  heart ;  sore  hamstrings. 

Magnesia  phos. — Useful  as  an  intercurrent  remedy  for  the 
pains  (violent).  The  keynote  is  excruciating  pains,  spas- 
modic in  character. 

Kali  sulph. — In  rheumatic  arthritis  where  the  pains  shift 
from  one  joint  to  another,  aggravated  by  heat.  Shifting  and 
wandering  rheumatic  pains  in  the  joints.  Fungoid  arthritis. 
Tumor  albus,  white  swelling. 

Silicea. — Suppuration  of  the  joints. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Suppurative  process  in  the  joints. 

Katrum  sulph. — In  acute  cases  (attacks)  of  gout.  This 
remedy  should  be  alternated  with  Ferrum  phos.  In  chronic 
gout  it  alone  suffices.  Gout  in  the  feet,  acute  and  chronic. 
Rheumatic  arthritis,  especially  in  joints  of  fingers,  pains  sud- 
denly go  to  heart,  urine  dark-red. 

Calcarea  phos. — Rheumatic  gout  worse  at  night  and  in 
bad  weather.     Hygroma  patellae.     Hydrops  genu. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Gouty  enlargements  of  the  finger-joints. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Rheumatic  pains  in  joints  of  the  feet,  aggravated  by  motions;  Bryon.  and 
Kali  iod.  having  failed,  Ferrum  phos.,  10th  dil.,  cured. — Pop.  Zeitschrift, 
Berlin,  1886. 

A  shoemaker  of  Berlin  was  taken  ill  after  catching  cold.  There  was  fever 
with  violent  pain  in  the  right  shoulder.  The  first  visit  I  paid  was  on  the 
third  day  after  he  had  been  taken  ill;  temperature  high,  pulse  full  and 
quick,  thirst  and  loss  of  appetite.  The  right  shoulder  was  very  red  and 
sensitive  to  the  touch.  He  was  not  able  to  lie  in  his  bed,  as  the  pressure 
of  the  pillows  was  unbearable.  He  was  lying  on  the  sofa,  supported  with 
cushions,  so  that  the  shoulder  should  be  free  from  pressure.  I  gave  my 
patient  Ferrum  phos.,  as  much  as  would  cover  a  sixpenny  piece.  This 
was  dissolved  in  a  large  glassful  of  water,  and  a  teaspoonful  of  the  solution 
given  every  hour.  Improvement  was  felt  even  after  a  few  hours.  During 
the  night  the  patient  was  able  to  sleep,  and  on  the  following  day  the  fever 
abated;  in  three  days  he  was  able  to  move  the  arm  pretty  freely.  In  a  few 
days  longer  he  was  entirely  well.     (Sulzer. — From  Schiissler. ) 

ASTHMA. 

Kali  phos. — Nervous  asthma.  In  large  and  oft-repeated 
doses  is  the  chief  remedy  for  the  breathing  and  depressed  con- 


ASTHMA.  147 

dition  of  the  nervous  system.  Hay  asthma  and  hay  fever. 
Asthma  from  the  least  food. 

Kali  mur. — With  gastric  derangements.  Tongue  coated 
whitish  or  greenish,  furred,  and  mucus  white,  and  hard  to 
cough  up ;  when  this  occurs  with  depression  of  breathing, 
alternate  with  Kali phos.  Cardiac  asthma  with  sensation  as  if 
heart  and  lungs  were  constricted. 

Natrum  mur. — Asthma  with  profuse  frothy  mucus.  In 
alternation  with  Kali  phos.;  ■  also  when  the  tears  stream  down 
the  face  whenever  he  coughs.  Spasmodic  jerking  with  each 
inspiration. 

Calcarea  phos. — Bronchial  asthma  intercurrently,  secretion 
clear  and  tough.  Child  gets  a  suffocative  attack  on  being 
lifted  up  from  cradle. 

Calcarea  fluor. — When  specks  or  small  lumps  are  brought 
up  after  much  exertion.  In  alternation  with  Kali  phos. 
These  lumps  being  of  yellowish  mucus.  Oppressed  respira- 
tion. Epiglottis  feels  closed,  or  as  if  breathing  through  a 
thick  substance. 

Magnesia  phos. — In  asthma  where  flatulence  is  trouble- 
some. Spasmodic  nervous  asthma.  With  paroxysmal  dry  tic 
tickling  cough  and  difficulty  in  lying  down. 

Kali  sulph. — Asthma,  bronchial,  with  yellow  expectora- 
tion, worse  in  the  warm  season  or  in  hot  atmosphere.  Much 
rattling  of  mucus.  In  asthma,  when  the  patient's  attacks 
come  on  after  taking  food,  and  his  color  becomes  bad,  or 
when  there  is  rapid  emaciation,  or  sunken  eyes,  Dr.  Rapp 
recommends  the  Kali  preparations.     (Schiissler.) 

Natrum  phos. — Asthma  with  thick  yellow  expectoration. 

Natrum  sulph. — Very  important  as  a  remedy  for  the  sycotic 
taint,  of  which  asthma  is  often  a  manifestation.  Attacks, 
especially  in  the  morning  about  4  or  5  o'clock,  with  cough 
and  raising  of  glairy  slime,  expectoration  greenish  and  copi- 
ous, and  vomiting  after  eating ;  always  worse  in  damp,  rainy 
weather,  from  living  in  basements  or  cellars.  Asthma  from 
digestive  disturbances.  L,oose  evacuations  on  rising  in  morn- 
ing.    Asthma  in  children.     Asthmatic  breathing  in  young 


148  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

people  from  a  general  bronchial  catarrh,  always  worse  from 
every  change  to  damp  weather. 

Silicea. — Breathing  so  difficult  that  the  eyes  protrude  from 
their  sockets ;  doors  and  windows  must  be  opened,  always 
during  a  thunderstorm.  As  a  constitutional  remedy  with 
Natrum  sulph.  for  eradication  of  the  disease.  Asthma  on  a 
cachectic  base. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

A  gentleman  in  whom  attacks  of  asthma  were  frequent,  lasting  ten  days, 
with  much  labored  breathing,  can  hardly  talk,  thick  yellow  expectoration 
with  much  rattling  on  chest — Kali  sulph.  3X  relieved  at  once.  (M.  E. 
Douglass,  M.  D. ) 

Female,  married,  set.  36,  asthma,  attack  violent,  greenish,  purulent  ex- 
pectoration, a  loose  evacuation  immediately  on  rising  for  past  two  days ; 
Natrum  sulph.  500  every  two  hours.  Was  enabled  to  lie  down  that  night, 
respiration  and  cough  much  improved  and  expectoration  easier.  Next  day 
practically  well. 

Female,  married,  aet.  42,  subject  to  attacks  for  years;  expectoration  green- 
ish and  remarkably  copious;  Natrum  sulph.  every  three  hours.  Improve- 
ment began  after  a  few  doses,  expectoration  becoming  paler  and  less  abund- 
ant, has  felt  better  since  than  for  years,  and  one  noteworthy  fact  is  that  the 
expectoration  stopped  in  a  few  doses,  whereas  under  remedies  given  in  pre- 
vious attacks  it  had  continued  for  weeks,  thus  indicating  that  the  Natrum 
sulph.  had  gotten  at  the  root  of  the  evil.     (Wm.  J.  Guernsey,  M.  D.) 

Dr.  O.  H.  Hall,  of  Zumbrota,  Minn.,  reports  a  remarkable  case  of  asthma 
having  passed  ' '  through  the  hands  of  all  the  physicians  of  whom  he  had 
ever  heard,"  cured  by  Kali  phos.  2x.  Eighteen  months  had  passed  at  time 
of  writing  without  an  attack. — Minn.  Med.  Monthly,  Nov.,  1886. 

Mr.  C.  has  for  years  had  attacks  of  asthmatic  breathing,  so  marked  as  to 
herald  his  approach  at  some  distance,  and  coming  on  after  any  unusual 
exertion.  He  is  a  tall,  strong  man,  with  no  family  history  of  lung  trouble, 
albeit  rather  narrow-chested.  Examination  of  the  lungs  during  a  period  of 
remission  disclosed  no  lesion  or  abnormal  sounds,  except  coarse  rales  along 
the  larger  bronchi.  In  April,  1887,  an  especially  severe  attack,  brought  on 
by  severe  physical  exertion,  ' '  the  worst  spell  "  he  has  ever  had,  was  promptly 
relieved  by  Natrum  sulph.™,  and  occasional  doses  since  have  caused  the 
attacks  to  disappear  almost  entirely  for  the  first  time  in  many  summers. 
(Wm.  E.  Leonard,  M.  D. ) 

Mrs.  E. ,  a  lad}'  under  my  care  the  past  year  for  chronic  bronchitis  and 
other  troubles,  was  seized  on  July  9th  with  her  third  annual  attack  Of  hay 
fever — rose  cold,  or  hay  asthma,  as  you  please — having  contracted  the  same 
in  Florida.  She  had  formerly  been  entirely  prostrated  and  forced  to  bed  by 
these  seizures,  and  dreads  them  much.  Her  husband  came  to  me  in  the 
evening,  a  few  hours  after  the  sneezing  and  harsh  breathing  began,  and 


ATROPHY.  149 

begged  of  me  to  check  it  if  possible.  I  learned  from  him  that  she  could  not 
lie  down;  her  breathing  was  aggravated  upon  the  least  motion  and  accom- 
panied by  arching  out  between  the  scapulse.  No  other  point  could  be  elicited 
that  would  lead  to  the  more  ordinary  medicines;  indeed,  all  these  had  been 
tried  by  other  physicians  in  former  attacks.  I  had  found  Natrum  mur.  to 
relieve  her  troubles  greatly,  and  so  gave  Natrum  sulph.™0,  with  strong 
promise  of  relief.  Nor  were  we  disappointed;  she  fell  asleep  in  an  hour  or 
so  after  beginning  her  half-hour  doses,  and  in  a  few  days  all  signs  of  asthma 
were  gone.  On  July  18th  no  signs  of  asthmatic  breathing  could  be  heard 
over  her  lungs,  whereas  her  former  attacks  had  made  her  wholly  miserable 
for  weeks.     (Wm.  E.  Leonard,  M.  D.) 

ATROPHY. 

Marasmus. 

Calcarea  phos. — Scrofulous  diseases  of  children  affecting  the 
bones  (Calc.  fluor.\  General  debility  from  mal-assimilation  of 
food ;  delayed  dentition.  Watery  diarrhoea,  with  flatulence. 
Abdomen  flabby  and  shrunken.  Complexion  sallow  and  child 
has  an  old  and  anxious  look. 

Kali  phos. — Wasting  disease  when  putrid-smelling  stools 
occur.     Atrophy  of  bones. 

Natrum  mur. — Rapid  emaciation  of  the  throat  and  neck  of 
children ;  irritability ;  the  children  are  very  slow  to  learn  to 
talk.     Chilliness,  earthy  complexion  and  constipation. 

Natrum  phos. — Marasmus  of  children  who  are  bottle  fed. 
Abdomen  swollen ;  liver  large.  Colic  after  eating.  Stools 
contain  undigested  food. 

Natrum  sulph. — Inherited  sycotic  constitution  ;  bloated  ab* 
domen,  with  much  rumbling  of  wind ;  stools  watery,  yellow, 
gushing,  worse  on  commencing  to  move  in  the  morning. 

Silicea. — Body  wasted  while  the  head  is  exceedingly  large. 
Child  perspires  easily,  is  nervous  and  irritable  ;  face  emaciated, 
decrepit  looking.  Aversion  to  the  mother's  milk;  vomited  if 
taken.  Stools  offensive  and  watery.  Great  prostration  upon 
any  change  of  weather. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

"  Calcarea  phos.  in  non-assimilation  of  food." 

Miss  R.,  aged  5  years,  has  been  very  frail  all  her  life,  and  does  not  appear 
to  be  long  for  this  world.  She  is  very  anaemic  and  has  a  dirty  looking  face. 
Has  always  been  fretful  at  times  and  very  nervous.     Very  sensitive  and  can- 


150  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

not  stand  any  punishment  without  being  sick  for  a  few  days.  She  has  no 
hair  and  during  early  life  could  not  hold  up  her  head.  Her  eyes  are  sensi- 
tive to  light.  She  complains  of  a  bad  taste  in  the  mouth  and  I  noticed  re- 
tarded dentition  and  chronic  enlargement  of  the  tonsils.  She  had  pain  in 
the  stomach  after  eating,  and  the  food  seems  to  lie  like  a  lump  in  it,  and 
would  not  eat  much  because  it  always  caused  distress.  She  had  suffered 
much  with  costiveness. 

Urine  highly  colored  and  frequent  urging  to  urinate.  Had  more  or  less 
pain  in  the  limbs  and  felt  restless  and  wanted  to  be  moving  all  the  time 
when  she  felt  better.  She  had  a  constant  leucorrhea,  which  was  very  offen- 
sive. She  got  tired  and  exhausted  very  easily  and  could  not  stand  cold 
weather.  Her  bones  were  very  small  and  weak  and  could  have  been  easily 
broken.  The  child  was  ordered  bathed  on  going  to  bed  three  times  a  week, 
and  plenty  of  fresh  air.  I  considered  her  case  nearly  a  complete  picture  of 
Calcarea  phos.  I  gave  her  two  cones  of  the  3X  tablets  every  two  hours. 
It  is  needless  to  say  that  she  improved  from  the  first  dose  almost.  Her 
general  condition  has  remained  permanently  improved  and  it  certainly  is  a 
great  victory  for  the  remedy.     (O.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D. ) 


BACKACHE. 

Silicea. — Spasmodic  drawing  in  back  compelling  to  lie  still. 
Constant  aching  in  centre  of  spine. 

Ferrum  phos. — Pains  in  the  back  and  loins  and  over  kid- 
ney.    Rheumatic  pains  felt  only  on  moving. 

Kali  mur. — Useful  after  Ferrum  phos.,  if  the  latter  fails  to 
relieve. 

Kali  phos. — Pains  which  are  laming.  The  parts  affected 
feel  powerless,  gentle  movement  gradually  lessening  the  pain 
and  stiffness,  yet  too  much  exertion  increasing  the  pain  (such 
as  walking  too  far).  This  kind  of  pain  is  always  worse  after 
rising  from  a  sitting  posture  and  at  the  commencement  of 
motion. 

Calcarea  phos. — Pains  with  a  feeling  of  numbness,  cold- 
ness, or  with  a  creeping  sensation ;  worse  in  the  night  and 
during  rest.  Can  also  be  given  alternately  with  Ferrum  phos. 
After  exhausting  disease.  Backache  in  the  lumbar  region  in 
the  morning  when  awaking. 

Kali  sulph. — Pains  which  are  worse  in  warm  rooms  and  in 
the  evening,  better  in  the  open  air  (cool).  Shifting  and 
changing  about. 


BITES  OF   INSECTS.  151 

Magnesia  phos. — Pains  vivid,  shooting,  boring,  intermit- 
tent, shifting  and  neuralgic  ;  relieved  by  warmth. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Backache  simulating  spinal  irritation. 
Tired  feeling  and  pains  in  the  lower  part  of  the  back,  with  a 
sensation  of  fulness  and  burning  pain,  and  confined  bowels. 
Lumbago  aggravated  on  beginning  to  move,  but  improved 
after  continuous  motion. 

Natrum  mur. — Pains  in  small  of  back  relieved  by  lying  on 
something  hard,  with  characteristic  tongue,  bubbles  of  frothy 
saliva.  Pain  after  prolonged  stooping,  as  if  bruised.  Weak 
back,  worse  in  the  morning.  Spine  very  sensitive.  Neck 
stiff  and  emaciated.     Great  weakness  and  weariness. 

Natrum  sulph. — Pain  in  the  back,  as  if  ulcerating,  all 
night ;  can  lie  only  on  the  right  side.  Soreness  up  and  down 
spine  and  neck. 

Natrum  phos. — Pains  across  loins  on  awaking  in  morning. 

BITES  OF  INSECTS. 

Natrum  mur. — Cures  rapidly.  Moisten  the  painful  spot 
and  apply  thereto  Natrum  mitr.,  6th  trituration,  rubbing  it 
in.     Pain  ceases  at  once.     (Schiissler.) 

BONES,   DISEASES   OF. 

Calcarea  phos. — Useful  to  aid  the  process  of  repair  in  frac- 
tures. When  the  bones  are  weak  and  soft,  caused  by  soft 
sponginess,  due  to  want  of  phosphate  of  lime  molecules. 
Rachitis,  bowlegs  in  children.  Also,  for  ulceration  of  bone 
and  wasting  of  skull-bones.  Fistulous  ulcers  on  the  ankles  ; 
edges  callous,  ichor  putrid.  Pains  along  sutures  and  sym- 
physes of  bone. 

Ferrum  phos. — In  bone  diseases,  when  the  soft  parts  are 
red,  hot  and  painful,  inflamed.  Ostitis,  periostitis.  Hip  joint 
disease. 

Kali  mur. — Second  stage  of  ostitis. 

Kali  phos. — Atrophy  of  bones  with  foul  diarrhoea. 

Silicea. — Indication  in  nearly  all  diseases  of  bones.     Fistu- 


152  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

lous  openings,  discharge  offensive.  Parts  around  hard,  swol- 
len, bluish-red ;  fibrous  parts  of  joints,  especially  of  the  knee, 
inflamed.  Ulceration  of  bone,  periosteal  ulceration.  All  ex- 
cretions offensive,  pus,  stool,  sweat,  etc.     Hip  joint  disease. 

Silicea  is  oftener  indicated  and  has  cured  more  cases  of 
caries  and  necrosis  than  any  other  remedy.  It  is  a  deeply 
penetrating  remedy,  and,  while  closely  resembling  Mercur.  in 
its  sphere  of  action,  care  must  be  taken  not  to  administer  it 
after  Mercur.,  as  it  may  much  complicate  the  case.  It  is 
more  suitable  for  chronic  cases,  or  after  the  first  stage  is  past. 
(Gilchrist.)  No  other  drug  so  hastens  the  elimination  of  the 
dead  bony  particles  to  the  largest  piece  of  sequestrum  so 
necessary  to  the  cure  of  scrofulous  diseases  of  the  bones.  In 
many  forms  of  caries,  necrosis  and  in  enchondroma  of  the 
bones,  Grauvogl  recommends,  as  a  popular  and  very  effective 
remedy,  hay-baths.  Their  efficacy  depends  on  the  presence 
of  Silicea,  which  has  been  found  as  a  chemical  constituent  in 
a  state  of  solution  in  hay-baths — three  drams  of  hay  contain- 
ing about  one-half  grain  of  Silicea.  Hence  the  usefulness  of 
this  local  measure  in  diseases  of  the  bone  is  apparent. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Ulceration  of  bone.     Craniotabes. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Hard,  rough,  corrugated  elevations  on  the 
surface  of  the  bones.  Useful  in  cephal-haematoma  (so-called 
blood-tumor),  on  the  parietal  bones  of  new  born  infants. 
Bruises  of  bones.  Exostoses  after  injuries.  Diseases  of  bones  ; 
caries  leading  to  formation  of  pelvic  abscesses.  Affections  of 
the  nasal  bones,  causing  bad  odor  to  disappear.  Nodes  and 
hard  bone  swellings.  Caries  in  consequence  of  syphilis  or 
abuse  of  mercury.  Spina  ventosa,  osteo-sarcoma.  Malnutri- 
tion of  bones,  especially  the  teeth.  Osseous  growths,  espe- 
cially in  the  carpal  and  tarsal  articulations.  Suppuration  of 
bones. 

Magnesia  phos. — Spina  ventosa  alternately  with  Calc. 
fluor. 

Natrum  sulph. — Sycosis.  Pain  in  bones,  cracking  of  joints, 
knees  stiff. 


BONES,  DISEASES   OF.  1 53 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Non-union  of  a  Broken  Radius  and  Udna. — Mr.  D.,  aged  23  years, 
who  was  an  anaemic  and  frail  man,  received  the  injury  several  months  before 
I  saw  him,  and  when  the  splints  were  removed  the  soreness  was  gone,  but 
no  union  of  the  bones.  The  parts  were  cut  down  upon,  the  ends  freshened, 
brought  together  and  supported,  and  Calcarea  phos.  given  three  or  four 
times  daily,  with  a  very  fine  result.     (O.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D.) 

Enchondroma  Indicis. — A  maiden  lady  of  60  had  a  shiny  swelling  on 
her  left  index  finger,  which  had  been  there  for  eighteen  months.  The  lump 
was  hard  and  painful,  and  of  about  the  size  of  a  small  split  walnut,  but  rather 
natter.  Patient  was  very  nervous  and  depressed.  Calcarea  fluor.  3X,  six 
grains  four  times  a  day.  After  two  weeks  the  cartilaginous  nature  had 
clearly  left,  and  swelling  became  softer  and  smaller  and  disappeared  entirely 
within  three  months.  No  change  was  made  in  diet  or  place  of  abode.  ( J. 
C.  Burnett,  M.  D. )  ' 

Injury  to  the  tibia  of  some  years'  standing  ;  a  painful  growth  appeared  on 
the  seat  of  the  injury.  This  was  diagnosed  as  an  osteo-sarcoma  by  a  promi- 
nent surgeon,  who  advised  an  operation.  Calcarea  fluor.  relieved  the  pain 
and  reduced  the  growth.  (L.  A.  Bell,  M.  D.,  Hahnemannian  Monthly, 
April,  1887.) 

Dr.  Hansen,  of  Copenhagen,  reports  in  the  Allg.  Horn.  Zeit.,  1886,  p.  44, 
a  case  of  caries  of  the  tibia  of  three  years'  standing  ;  fistulous  openings  led 
down  to  the  bone,  through  which  splinters  of  dead  bone  were  being  dis- 
charged constantly,  the  secretion  therefrom  being  thick  and  yellow,  accom- 
panied by  boring  nightly  pains.  Calcarea  fluor. ,5  cured  completely  in  five 
months. 

Enchondroma  cured  by  Siucea.  ( From  Grauvogl's  Text-book. )  Boy, 
set.  14,  metacarpal  bones  of  ring  and  index  and  middle  fingers  and  thumb  of 
right  hand  were  swollen  to  such  a  degree  that  oval,  hard,  knobby  masses  of 
uniform  surface  were  formed;  joints  obliterated  and  immovable  for  the  past 
six  months.  These  parts  were,  at  various  points,  divested  of  their  skin  by 
ulcerated  surfaces,  under  which  the  bones  gave  a  rough  sound  to  the  probe, 
and  places  were  found  here  and  there  which  could  easily  be  penetrated,  and 
others  again  which  offered  resistance.  The  boy  had  no  appetite,  and  was 
kept  at  work  by  a  potter,  carrying  clay.  Great  pain  in  the  suffering  parts, 
drowsiness  during  the  day,  lassitude  and  depression.  According  to  the 
doctrines  of  surgery,  there  was  no  other  help  but  disarticulation  at  the  wrist, 
with  a  loss  of  the  right  hand,  since  only  the  little  finger  and  its  metacarpal 
bone  seemed  free  from  the  disease.  Siliceas,  five  drops  every  two  hours. 
In  eight  days  the  superficial  ulcers  began  to  cicatrize  and  the  tuberous 
formations  had  manifestly  decreased  in  extent.  After  fourteen  days  more 
the  joints  were  already  movable,  though  the  mobility  was  very  much  re- 
stricted. After  another  fortnight  all  the  concomitant  symptoms  which  had 
been  present  disappeared,  appetite  returned,  boy  was  lively  and  of  good 
cheer,  and  discharged  cured. 

A  child,  aet.  3,  had  disease  of  the  bone  of  the  forefinger  of  the  left  hand, 
midway  between  the  knuckle  and  next  joint.     There  was  a  slight  whitish 


154  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

discharge  from  a  minute  opening,  and  the  flesh  was  much  swollen  and  dis- 
colored at  the  place,  causing  the  finger  to  present  a  very  unpleasant  appear- 
ance. A  physician  had,  after  treating  it  unsuccessfull}',  advised  amputation 
of  the  finger,  but  the  family,  not  desiring  this  result  of  the  trouble,  decided 
to  try  other  remedies.  Gave  her  Silicea^,  in  solution,  which  produced  im- 
provement at  once,  and  in  a  few  weeks  cured  the  disease  in  the  bone,  and  the 
finger  resumed  its  natural  appearance,  except  a  slight  scar.     ( C.  T.  M. ) 

Dr.  C.  F.  Nichols  reports  a  number  of  cases  of  osseous  growths  cured  and 
benefited  by  Calcarea  fluor?1     {Organon,  1880.) 

Slow  Union  of  Fracture. — Man,  aet.  60,  had  a  fracture  of  the  shaft  of 
the  femur.  It  remained  movable,  in  spite  of  great  care,  after  two  months. 
Calcarea  phos.6  was  given,  at  first  every  night;  later  every  second  night. 
At  once  the  fracture  grew  firm  and  was  soon  well.  This  is  certainly  better 
than  instrumental  interference.  Eighteen  months  later,  the  same  femur 
sustained  another  fracture  in  its  lower  portion.  The  drug  was  given  in  like 
manner  as  before,  but  from  the  beginning.     It  was  well  in  two  months.     (J. 

C.  Morgan,  M.  D.) 

In  the  case  of  a  poor  orphan  girl,  set.  14,  Silicea  saved  her  from  having 
her  foot  amputated.  She  had  been  under  treatment  a  long  time  for  bone 
disease.  Her  medical  man  saw  no  alternative,  as  the  evil  only  grew  worse, 
but  to  make  arrangements  with  the  infirmary  surgeon  to  have  it  taken  off. 
This  was  agreed  on,  six  days  before  removing  her.  Her  friends  were  greatly 
distressed  and  applied  for  the  new  remedies.  Silicea,  a.  dose  every  hour,  was 
steadily  taken,  and  lotion  on  lint  externally  applied.  On  the  fifth  day  the 
ankle-bone  and  surrounding  tissues  presented  such  a  healthy  appearance 
that  all  cause  for  amputation  was  removed.  She  continued  the  treatment 
for  a  short  time  longer,  and  her  case  was  pronounced  perfectly  cured.     (M. 

D.  W.,  from  Scbiissler.) 

BRAIN. 

See  also  Meningitis. 

Ferrum  phos. — First  stages  of  all  inflammatory  troubles. 

Kali  phos. — Softening  of  the  brain,  early  state ;  if  with 
hydrocephalus,  give  also  Calcarea  phos.  Softening  as  a  result 
of  inflammation,  insidious  in  its  approach.  Concussion  of 
brain.     Putrid  stools.     Sleeplessness  and  stupor. 

Magnesia  phos. — When  convulsive  symptoms  are  present. 
Troubles  of  sight  remaining  after  cerebral  concussion. 

Calcarea  phos. — Hydrocephalic  conditions.  Chronic  hydro- 
cephalus.    Fontanelles  remain  too  long  open.     Craniotabes. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Cephal-hsematoma. 

Natrum  sulph. — After  injuries  to  the  head.  Mental  troub- 
les following.     Intense  pain  in  occipital  region. 


BRAIN-FAG.  1 55 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

J.  C.  Morgan,  in  the  Transactions  Pennsylvania  Homceopathic  Medical 
Society,  1882,  p.  172,  reports  some  cases  of  brain  troubles  in  children  in 
which  convulsive  symptoms  were  prominent,  benefited  and  cured  by  Mag- 
nesia phos.m.  , 

The  following  is  from  an  elderl}-  gentleman,  Mr.  J.  M.,  who  had  suffered 
from  a  prolonged  attack  of  acute  and  subacute  inflammation  of  the  brain. 
He  recovered  slowly,  but  symptoms  of  softening  of  the  brain  set  in.  He 
was  anxious  to  give  the  new  remedies  a  trial.  His  speech  was  affected;  he 
seemed  to  lose  momentary  consciousness,  could  not  hurry,  though  he  saw 
himself  in  great  danger  of  being  run  over,  or  stop  walking  when  dangerously 
close  to  the  quay,  and  could  not  be  trusted  out  alone:  "  I  think  it  is  time  I 
were  again  informing  you  that  I  still  continue  to  improve;  indeed,  I  have 
little  to  complain  of  except  occasionally — only  occasionally — a  feeling  of 
mental  stupor,  the  best  remedy  for  which  I  have  found  to  be  Kali  phos. 
which  you  recommended  to  me."     (M.  D.  W.,  from  Schiissler. ) 

BRAIN-FAG. 

Calcarea  phos. — Nervous  prostration,  with  depression  of 
spirits  ;  profuse  night-sweats  ;  pale,  wan  and  emaciated  coun- 
tenance ;  loss  of  virile  power ;  habitual  coldness  and  venous 
congestion  of  the  extremities  from  debility,  sleeplessness  and 
loss  of  appetite  ;  numb  sensations. 

Silicea. — Confusion,  difficulty  of  fixing  attention.  Yielding 
and  anxious  mood.  Reading  and  writing  fatigue,  cannot  bear 
to  think.  Sense  of  great  debility,  but  patient  can  arouse  him- 
self, has  grit,  but  soon  tires  and  is  compelled  to  rest.  Brain- 
fag in  school  girls,  become  confused  during  recitations,  be- 
cause they  cannot  concentrate  their  thoughts.  Want  to  think, 
but  are  unable  to  do  so. 

Kali  phos. — To  restore  lost  nervous  energy.  Covers  the 
whole  field  of  neurasthenia. 

Natrum  mur. — With  sleeplessness,  gloomy  forebodings,  ex- 
haustion after  talking,  embarrassment  of  the  brain. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

In  treating  a  number  of  cases  of  this  trouble,  the  "Tissue  Remedies" 
have  been  of  the  greatest  service  and  the  most  rapid  in  their  curative  action. 
Cases  which  have  been  treated  with  various  other  methods  and  then  changed 
on  to  the  Tissue  Remedies  soon  show  the  marked  change  for  the  better  and 
take  on  a  more  rapid  improvement.     The  great  variety  of  causes  and  the 


156  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

different  styles  and  conditions  in  which  you  first  find  the  patients  precludes 
any  set  rule  in  treatment,  but  the  prime  and  allimportant  condition  to  estab- 
lish is  proper  nourishment  to  every  part  and  tissue,  and  then  to  apply  by  the 
use  of  tissue  remedies  the  most  necessary  demands.  In  order  to  supply  the 
proper  nourishment  it  may  be  necessary  for  the  patient  to  have  change  of 
surroundings,  happy  occupation,  change  of  air,  scenery  and  food  and  then 
to  build  up  with  the  Tissue  Remedies  the  tissues  or  forces  that  have  been 
overtaxed,  overworked  or  under  nourished  and  more  or  less  exhausted.  A 
regular  method  should  be  established — regular  exercise,  regular  meals,  reg- 
ular sleep  and  regular  evacuations  of  the  bowels  and  bladder.  These  are 
important.  Usually  Kali  phos.  is  a  good  remedy  to  start  with,  it  gets  the 
mind  in  goo<l  condition,  and  aided  by  Calc.  phos.,  Ferrum  phos  or  Natr. 
phos.,  dependent  on  condition,  soon  begins  the  improvement.  Then  follow 
with  the  Calc.  sulph  as  soon  as  the  Phos.  has  built  up  the  nerve  cells,  and 
the  Sulph.  is  needed  to  finish  up  the  work  which  may  take  from  three 
months  to  two  years  or  more,  but  can  be  done  as  positively  with  these  reme- 
dies and  the  proper  application  of  hygiene  as  it  is  possible  to  cure  any  dis- 
ease in  the  domain  of  curative  measures.  (F.  D.  Bittinger,  M.  D  ,  Dayton, 
Ohio.) 

The  following  two  cases  are  taken  from  my  note  book  at  a  dispensary: 

January  23,  1893,  Mrs.  J ,  aged  nineteen,  twitching  of  eyelids,  worse 

at  5  p.  M.  every  day,  after  lamp  is  lighted  Eyes  water  with  the  twitching. 
Has  dread  of  an  accident  until  a  shudder  passes  over  the  body;  is  then 
relieved  of  the  nervousness.  Feels  weak,  is  often  dizzy.  In  walking  on  the 
street  steers  for  the  gutter,  either  to  right  or  left.  Despondent,  had  chorea 
when  twelve  years  old,  lasting  two  years.  At  seventeen  had  sense  of  dread 
at  intervals  for  some  months. 

Prescribed  Kali phosphoricum  4x,  one  grain  tablet,  four  times  daily.  Jan. 
30th  mental  state  and  dizziness  improved.  Remedy  repeated.  Did  not 
return 

June  4th  I  went  to  her  home  and  she  told  me  that  the  twitching,  dread 
and  difficulty  in  walking  passed  away  during  the  second  week  of  treatment 
and  had  not  returned.  She  was  also  relieved  of  the  dizziness  but  has  some 
now,  due,  she  thinks,  to  pregnancy. 

March  30th,  Jas.  C ,  aged  twelve,  pain  in  right  leg,  right  arm  and 

back.  Drops  things,  especially  if  startled.  Difficult  speech,  irritable,  rest- 
less, constipated,  sleep  poor.  Been  nervous  since  seven  years  of  age,  at 
which  time  he  was  kicked  in  the  back.  After  treatment  for  two  years  he 
was  much  better.  Salt  water  bath  down  spine  had  benefited  him.  Last 
attack  one  month  ago. 

Kali  phosphoricum  4x  was  prescribed,  and  he  was  kept  on  that  remedy 
with  continued  improvement. 

May  4th,  reported  better  every  way,  except  occasional  inability  to  hold 
things  in  right  hand;  worse  in  the  morning,  gets  better  about  noon. 

May  nth,  holds  things  with  less  difficulty,  can  write  with  more  ease, 
always  at  his  best  at  noon. 

June  8th,  has  none  of  the  above  symptoms;  the  spine  was  bathed  with  salt 
water  at  first,  but  that  measure  was  discontinued  over  five  weeks  ago.  (  T. 
C.  Wiggins.) 


BRAIN-FAG.  1 5  7 

A  Japanese  laborer  complained  that  he  could  not  see  after  4  p.  m.  He 
could  see  large  objects,  as  a  tree  or  a  man,  but  could  not  tell  whether  he  was 
hoeing  out  sugar  cane  or  weeds.  Learning  that  he  did  not  notice  such  a 
condition  on  Sundays  or  holidays,  I  concluded  that  fatigue  was  the  cause  of 
his  trouble,  and  put  him  on  Kali phosphoricum  6x,  with  most  gratifying  im- 
provement in  two  or  three  days.     Soon  he  ceased  to  call.     (  T.  C.  Wiggins. ) 

Mr.  S ,  over  sixty  years  of  age,  having  been  under  heavy  financial 

strain  for  months,  was  suddenly  s'ricken  the  afternoon  of  August  14,  1893. 
He  became  unconscious  in  a  store  where  he  had  gone  for  help.  I  saw  him 
the  next  day  and  he  was  evidently  on  the  verge  of  prostration.  I  advised 
him  to  give  up  business  and  go  away  for  at  least  a  month.  He  could  only  leave 
the  city  for  the  rest  of  the  week  but  that,  with  Kali  phosphoricum  6x,  helped 
him  to  go  on  with  his  business,  till  he  could  go  away  for  a  longer  stay,  which 
was  some  weeks  later.     He  said,  "  The  medicine  braced  me  up  wonderfully." 

The  patient  came  to  California  with  a  modest  fortune,  which  he  has  lost 
in  unfortunate  speculations — a  common  occurrence.  Anxiety,  business  cares 
and  overwork  had  been  telling  upon  him  for  months.  Finally,  about  three 
months  ago,  while  on  the  local  train  going  home,  he  suddenly  experienced 
a  peculiar  cerebral  sensation,  and  became  unconscious,  but  in  a  few  minutes 
recovered,  and  asked  the  conductor  to  assist  him  from  the  train  when  he 
arrived  at  the  station,  and  had  the  presence  of  mind  to  remember  a  bundle 
which  lay  on  the  seat  at  his  side,  but  was  still  dizzy  and  confused.  After 
arriving  at  home,  he  experienced  a  severe  spasmodic  pain  in  the  cardiac 
region,  which  was  accompanied  by  faintness,  shortness  of  breath,  and  cold- 
ness of  the  extremities.  This  lasted  several  hours,  and  continued  thereafter 
to  return  for  two  weeks  or  more,  without  improvement,  sometimes  several 
times  a  day,  at  irregular  intervals.  This  finally  was  attended  by  more  or 
less  mental  weakness  at  times;  and,  as  his  physician  informed  him  that  he 
was  suffering  from  an  organic  affection  of  the  brain,  the  result  of  apoplexy, 
he  became  very  despondent. 

After  three  or  four  weeks  he  improved  somewhat,  but,  in  performing  some 
trivial  manual  labor  about  his  home,  he  experienced  a  relapse  ;  and,  as  his 
physician  insisted  that  his  days  were  few,  he  concluded  to  try  an  eclectic 
physician,  as  he  employed  one  in  the  East  formerly  as  his  family  adviser. 

When  the  patient  came,  in  company  with  his  wife,  we  found  the  case  an 
unpromising  one.  He  was  past  sixty  years  of  age,  of  careworn  appearance, 
despondent,  and  presenting  marked  evidence  of  nervous  exhaustion.  There 
was  no  paralysis,  however,  and  no  evidence  of  any  loss  of  motor  or  sensory 
function,  and  upon  making  the  effort  we  found  he  could  call  into  use  all  his 
reasoning  faculties.  He  complained  of  sleepless  nights  from  lancinating 
pains  in  the  left  chest  and  left  side  of  the  face. 

The  prescription  was  Kali  phos.  3X,  to  restore  lost  nervous  energy,  and 
Magnesia  phos.  for  the  spasmodic  pains.  Add  five  grains  to  a  tumbler  half 
full  of  water,  each  agent  to  be  dissolved  in  a  separate  glass,  and  alternating 
give  a  teaspoonful  every  hour  during  the  day,  and  until  bedtime.  In  about 
a  week  the  patient  returned  for  more  medicine,  and  marked  improvement 
was  observable.  The  careworn,  despondent  appearance  of  countenance  had 
more  of  an  expression  of  comfort  and  hope.    He  said  he  was  better;  had  felt 


158  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

but  one  spasmodic  attack  since  beginning  the  medicine,  and  could  now  go 
about  and  do  light  chores  without  becoming  exhausted,  and  slept  well  all 
night.  In  another  week  his  wife  reported  him  as  well  as  ever. — Editor 
California  Medical  Journal. 

BRONCHITIS  AND  BRONCHIAL  CATARRH. 

Ferrum  phos. — Takes  the  place  of  Aeon,  in  the  acute  in- 
flammatory stage,  or  in  chronic  bronchitis  when  a  fresh  ag- 
gravation sets  in.  It  should  be  given  in  alternation  with  the 
remedy  indicated  by  the  expectoration.  Any  inflammatory 
irritation  of  the  bronchi,  accompanied  with  dyspnoea,  heat,  or 
burning  soreness.  Breathing  short,  oppressed  and  hurried. 
Capillary  bronchitis  of  young  children.  Acute,  short,  spasmodic 
and  very  painful  cough. 

Kali  mur. — In  the  second  stage,  when  thick  white  phlegm 
forms,  fibrinous  in  character. 

Kali  sulph. — When  the  expectoration  is  distinctly  yellow, 
watery  and  profuse,  or  where  it  is  greenish,  slimy  and  watery. 
In  the  stage  of  resolution. 

Natrum  mur. — Acute  inflammation  of  the  windpipe,  with 
frothy  and  clear  watery  phlegm,  loose  and  rattling,  sometimes 
coughed  up  with  difficulty.  Chronic  bronchitis,  bronchial 
catarrh,  "  winter  cough,"  with  any  of  the  above  symptoms. 
Clear,  watery,  starch-like  sputa.  Secretion  causes  soreness  and 
excoriation.  Chronic  forms,  when  sputum  is  transparent, 
viscid,  weak  voice,  fluttering  of  heart.  Patient  is  worse  near 
the  seashore. 

Calcarea  phos. — In  anaemic  persons  where  expectoration  is 
albuminous,  like  the  white  of  an  egg. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Where  expectoration  is  yellow,  or  yellow- 
ish green,  or  mixed  with  blood,  stage  of  resolution.  Third 
stage  of  bronchitis.  Ordinary  catarrhal  colds  and  in  cases 
similar  to  those  benefited  by  Hepar  sulph. 

Natrum  sulph. — Where  exudation  causes  soreness  and  chaf- 
ing. Patient  must  hold  his  chest  on  coughing.  Asthmatic 
spells  worse  towards  morning.  Worse  in  cold,  damp,  rainy 
weather. 

Silicea. — Cough  worse   from   cold  and  better  from  warm 


BURNS.  159 

drinks.  Pus-like  expectoration,  falls  to  bottom  of  vessel  con- 
taining water  and  spreads  out  like  sediment.  Bronchial  affec- 
tions of  rachitic  children.     Laryngeal  morning  cough. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Numerous  cases  of  bronchitis,  broncho-pneumonia  and  allied  affections  of 
the  chest,  especially  in  children,  have  been  treated  successfully  with  Ferritin 
phos.,  followed  by  or  in  alternation  with  Kali  mur.  Sometimes  Bryon.  has 
been  found  an  excellent  alternating  remedy  with  Ferrum  phos.,  no  other 
treatment  having  been  found  necessary. 

BURNS. 

Kali  mur. — Burns  of  the  first  degree,  also  those  of  the 
second.  Blisters  form,  also  scalds  from  boiling  water.  Can  be 
applied  externally.     White  or  grayish  exudation  over  wound. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Burns  when  suppurating. 

Natrum  phos. — Burns  with  suppuration ;  also  externally. 

Natrum  mur. — When  blister  has  been  formed. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Dr.  J.  T.  Frawley,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  uses  Ferrum  phos.  2x  as  a  powder  to 
dust  over  burns  in  which  there  is  much  heat  and  redness. 

CATARRHAL  TROUBLES. 

Ferrum  phos. — First  stage  of  cold  in  the  head,  with  circu- 
latory disturbances,  catarrhal  fever,  congestion  of  nasal  mu- 
cous membranes.  Smarting  in  nasal  passages,  worse  inspira- 
tion ;  excellent  for  a  predisposition  to  take  cold,  alternately 
with  Calcarea  phos.  "  Ferrum  phos.  3X  in  pharyngeal  ca- 
tarrh, with  characteristic  white,  frothy  expectoration,  has  never 
disappointed  me."  (W.  R.  King.) 

Kali  mur. — Catarrh  when  there  is  white  phlegm,  thick,  not 
transparent.  Dry  coryza.  Stuffy  cold  in  the  head,  with  a 
whitish-gray  tongue.  Adherent  crusts  in  the  vault  of  the 
pharynx.  "  I  use  it  often  with  profit  in  the  purulent  stage  of 
acute  nasal  catarrh.  Kali  -mur.  has  proved  to  me  the  most 
satisfactory  remedy  in  acute  inflammations  of  the  naso- 
pharynx in  which  there  is  a  decided  burning  dryness.  The 
appearance  is  that  of  redness  with  marked  thickening,  almost 


160  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

as  though  the  mucous  membrane  were  solidly  infiltrated." 
(Ivins.)  Hawking  of  mucus  from  posterior  nares.  Syphilitic 
ozaena. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Catarrh  with  expectoration  of  yellowish, 
small  lumps.  Dry  coryza.  Stuffy  cold  in  the  head  (alter- 
nately with  Kali  mur.),  with  ineffectual  desire  to  sneeze. 
Ozaena.  Osseous  growths  and  diseases  of  nasal  bones,  with 
offensive  odor  of  dead  bone. 

Natrum  mur. — Catarrhs  and  colds  with  watery,  transparent, 
frothy  discharges.  Chronic  catarrhs  of  bloodless  patients. 
The  mucus  has  sometimes  a  salty  taste.  Cold  causing  vesic- 
ular eruptions  with  watery  contents,  which  burst  and  leave 
thin  crusts  or  scabs.  Coryza,  "running  cold,"  with  watery, 
clear,  frothy  discharge,  worse  on  going  into  the  cold  and  on 
exertion.  Influenza.  Epistaxis  from  stooping  and  from 
coughing.  Posterior  nares  dry.  Loss  of  sense  of  smell. 
Dr.  Geo.  Herring  finds  the  i  trit.  almost  infallible  for  stop- 
ping a  cold  commencing  with  sneezing.  Sneezing  worse  un- 
dressing at  night  and  in  morning.     Fever  blisters. 

Kali  sulph. — Yellow,  slimy  secretions,  or  expectorations  of 
watery  matter,  are  conditions  calling  for  this  remedy.  Patient 
feels  generally  worse  in  the  evening  or  in  a  heated  room. 
Yellow  or  yellowish  discharge  from  the  nose.  Colds  with 
dry  skin  when  perspiration  does  not  set  in  freely  under  use  of 
Ferrum  phos. 

Calcarea  phos. — Chronic  catarrhs  and  colds  in  adynamic 
persons  (as  an  intercurrent  remedy).  Colds  in  the  head  with 
an  albuminous  discharge  from  nose.  Sneezing  and  sore  nos- 
trils. Dr.  L.  A.  Bull  says  :  "I  frequently  began  the  treatment 
of  chronic  catarrhal  conditions  of  the  air-passages  with  Cal- 
carea phos.  I  find  that  it  has  quite  a  decided  tonic  action, 
and  influences  the  conditions  of  the  membranes  for  good.  In 
many  places  it  quite  takes  the  place  of  the  Cinchona  prepara- 
tions." Darge  pedunculated  nasal  polypi.  Point  of  nose  icy- 
cold.     Swollen,  ulcerated  nose  in  scrofulous  children. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Cold  in  the  head,  with  thick,  yellow, 


CATARRHAL  TROUBLES.  l6l 

opaque,  purulent  secretions,  frequently  tinged  with  blood.  It 
clears  up  the  condition  of  the  mucous  glands.     Nosebleed. 

Natrum  phos. — As  an  intercurrent,  when  gastric  symptoms 
appear,  such  as  acid  risings  and  yellow  base  of  tongue.  Pick- 
ing at  nose.  Naso-pharyngeal  catarrh,  with  thick,  yellow 
mucus,  especially  in  the  scrofulous  oza^na.  Offensive  odor 
before  nose. 

Natrum  sulph. — Nosebleed  during  menses.  Ozaena  syphi- 
litica, worse  every  change  from  dry  to  wet  weather.  Catarrhs 
of  mucous  membranes  in  general,  characterized  by  a  tendency 
to  profuse  secretion  of  greenish  mucus.  This  is  the  tissue 
remedy  for  la  grippe,  since  the  disease  is  caused  by  an  excess 
of  water  in  the  cellular  fluids. 

Kali  phos. — Ozsena,  foul,  offensive  discharge  from  nose, 
foul  breath,  and  where  secondary  nervous  troubles  arise. 
Epistaxis  and  predisposition  to  same.  Yellow  crusts  blown 
from  nose.  Thick,  yellow  discharge  ;  sneezes  from  slightest 
exposure.     Thick  mucus  hawked  from  posterior  nares. 

Magnesia  phos. — Loss  or  perversion  of  sense  of  smell.  Al- 
ternate dry  and  loose  coryza.     Gushing  flow  from  nostrils. 

Silicea. — Ozaena,  with  offensive  discharge  from  nose,  when 
the  affection  is  seated  in  the  submucous  connective  tissue  or 
periosteum.  (Syringe  also  with  a  solution  of  the  same 
remedy.)  Painful,  chronic  dryness  of  the  nose,  or  inveterate 
ulceration,  producing  acrid,  corroding  discharge ;  herpetic 
eruption  around  nostrils  and  lips.     Itching  of  tip  of  nose. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Dr.  H.  Goullon  {Pop.  Zeitschrift)  praises  Natrum  phos.  in  chronic  post- 
nasal catarrh,  giving  as  indications  the  golden-yellow  exudation  and  yellow 
tongue,  etc.,  and  relates  a  case  cured  by  Natrum  phos.b  after  Kali  bich.  had 
failed,  as  well  as  everything  else,  and  the  patient  had  become  hypochon- 
driacal. 

Case  of  thick,  yellow,  offensive  ozsena,  alternating  with  watery  discharge; 
has  been  affected  with  it  for  eighteen  months;  has  lost  taste  and  smell;  left 
nostril  worse.  Catamenia  occur  every  three  weeks.  Takes  cold  very  easily. 
Stillborn  child  three  years  ago.  Gave  three  doses  of  Kali  sulph.u  in  water, 
to  be  taken  once  a  week.  In  one  month  reported  catarrh  entirely  well;  has 
regained  much  of  the  lost  senses  of  smell  and  taste.  ( W.  P.  Wesselhceft, 
M.  D.) 

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1 62  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Dr.  Breuer,  of  Munich,  reports  a  case  of  suppressed  foot-sweat,  resulting 
in  protracted  bronchial  catarrh;  cured  by  Calcarea  sulph.  and  Silicea. — A. 
H.  Z.,  1883. 

Case  of  gentleman,  light-complexioned.  About  once  a  week  a  thick, 
dark  brown  semi-fluid  accumulation  of  pus  formed  in  the  left  upper  nostril; 
on  being  blown  out  it  emitted  a  terrible  stench.  About  a  month  previous  a 
piece  of  carious  bone  was  taken  from  the  antrum  highmori,  through  an 
upper  left  alveolus,  from  which  a  tooth  had  been  drawn  four  years  previous. 
The  probe  entered  the  antrum  freely.  Calcarea,  Silicea  and  several  other 
remedies  proved  inefficacious.  Three  weeks  after  having  taken  two  doses  of 
Kali  sulph.6  in  water,  morning  and  evening,  a  tablespoonful  for  four  days, 
nothing  more  remained  of  the  discharge,  and  the  alveolus  closed  so  that  no 
probe  entered.     (W.  P.  Wesselhceft,  M.  D  ) 

NaTrum  muriaTICUM. — Dr.  Louis  A.  Bull  records  a  case  of  atrophic  rhino- 
pharyngitis in  which  the  skin  was  "colorless,  dry,  fishy  in  appearance  and 
profusely  dotted  with  comedones,  large  and  small."  He  was  reminded,  he 
says,  of  Boussingault's  experiments  in  withholding  salt  from  animals,  and 
opined  that  here  was  a  case  in  which  chloride  of  sodium  was  not  properly 
assimilated.  He  used  it  locally  in  ten  grains  to  the  ounce  solution,  and  in- 
ernally  in  dynamized  form,  with  most  satisfactory  results. — Horn.  Recorder. 

CHICKEN  POX. 

Ferrum  phos. — This  remedy  alone,  or  alternately  with  the 
remedy  indicated  by  the  eruption,  such  as  Kali  mur.,  Calcarea 
sulph.,  Natrum  sulph.  or  Silicea. 

CHOLERA. 

Ferrum  phos. — In  the  first  stage,  for  the  vascular  disturb- 
ances, alternating  with  Kali  phos.  Cholera  infantum,  dis- 
charges frequent,  watery,  even  bloody ;  child  is  greatly  re- 
duced, falls  into  a  stupor,  red  face,  dilated  pupils,  rolling  of 
head  and  soft,  full-flowing  pulse,  cholera  from  checked  per- 
spiration. 

Kali  phos. — When  the  stools  have  the  appearance  of  rice- 
water.     Collapse,  livid,  blue  countenance  and  low  pulse. 

Kali  sulph. — Cramps  and  other  symptoms  of  cholera. 

Magnesia  phos. — Choleraic  cramps.  First  stage.  Watery 
diarrhoea  with  vomiting  and  cramps  in  calves. 

Natrum  sulph. — Is,  according  to  Schiissler,  the  remedy  for 
cholera  and  cholerine. 

Calcarea    phos. — Cholera   infantum.     Green   diarrhoea   in 


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scrofulous  children,  slimy,  watery,  undigested  and  offensive. 
Thin  body,  child  looks  like  an  old  woman. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

Old  man  attacked  with  severe  vomiting  and  diarrhoea,  cramps  in  calves 
and  rice-water  discharges.     Kali  phos.  cured.     (Schussler. ) 

CHOREA. 

Calcarea  phos. — In  scrofulous  children.  Chorea  during 
puberty  in  either  boys  or  girls. 

Magnesia  phos. — This  is  the  chief  remedy.  Involuntary 
movements  and  contortions  of  the  limbs,  with  mute,  appealing 
looks  for  sympathy.     Follow  or  alternate  with  Calcarea  phos. 

Silicea. — When  due  to  the  presence  of  worms,  spasms, 
sleep  disturbed  by  frightful  dreams,  distorted  eyes,  pale  face, 
canine  hunger,  irritation  of  nostrils,  constipation,  great  thirst, 
cedema  of  face  and  extremities. 

Natrum  mur. — Suitable  for  chronic  cases,  after  fright  or 
suppression  of  eruptions  on  the  face,  paroxysms  of  jumping 
regardless  of  obstructions,  twitchings  on  the  right  side,  worse 
at  full  moon,  especially  in  anaemic  and  chlorotic  states,  with 
thirst  and  fever. 

Natrum  phos. — If  due  to  worms,  or  if  acid  symptoms  are 
present.     (See  Silicea.} 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Case  of  chorea;  face  and  upper  part  of  body  affected;  lateral  and  down- 
ward jerking  of  the  mouth,  snapping  of  eyelids,  sudden  forward  motion  of 
head,  and  other  irregular  movements.  Better  during  sleep;  aggravated  at 
stool  and  by  emotions,  Ignat.  failed.  Magnesia  phos?  for  three  months  pro- 
duced gratifying  results,  but  did  not  fully  cure.  Acting  on  Dr.  Schiissler's 
advice,  Calcarea  phos .  6x  was  given  alternately  with  the  Magnesia  phos., 
the  former  once  daily,  the  latter  twice.  In  one  month  the  child  was  cured. 
(D.  B.  Whittier,  M.  D.) 

Choreic  patient  talking  to  herself  constantly,  or  sitting  still  in  moody 
silence,  or  carrying  things  from  one  place  to  another  and  then  back  again. 
Magnesia  phos. n  cured.     (Dr.  Sager. ) 

H.  S.,  aet.  7.  Chorea  for  two  years,  caused  by  fright;  pale,  delicate, 
anaemic,  drinks  much  water,  feverish,  white  tongue,  sore  mouth.  Natrum 
mztr.200  cured  permanently.     (C.  P.  Hart,  M.  D.) 


164  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Chorea  cured  by  Magnesia  phos.— By  Dr.  John  H.  Clarke. — Gertrude 

S ,  aet.  6,  was  admitted  to  the  London  Homoeopathic  Hospital,  on 

March  30th,  1887.  She  had  suffered  from  well-marked  chorea  during  the 
preceding  eight  months,  and  the  usual  remedies  for  such  conditions  had 
been  administered  to  her  as  an  out-patient  during  the  previous  two  months, 
with  but  small  success.  No  definite  cause  was  to  be  made  out.  The  child 
did  not  suffer  from  worms,  and  there  was  no  history  of  a  fright.  On  admis- 
sion she  twitched  all  over  during  her  waking  hours,  but  was  quiet  during 
sleep.  She  walked  fairly  well  and  could  feed  herself,  but  her  speech  was 
exceedingly  defective.  The  heart's  action  was  accelerated,  but  no  abnor- 
mal sound  was  to  be  distinguished.  Subsequently,  however,  a  soft,  pre- 
systolic, blowing  sound  was  at  times  audible,  as  if  the  muscular  fibres  of 
the  heart  participated  in  the  general  spasms.  The  pupils  were  symmetri- 
cally dilated.  Magnesia  phos.  was  prescribed — two  grains  of  the  sixth 
decimal  trituration,  three  times  daily.  The  improvement  which  followed 
was  slow,  but  abundantly  manifest.  The  general  twitching  became  less;  the 
articulation  improved,  the  child  took  nourishment  freely;  slept  well  at 
night,  and  lost  the  scared  expression  so  characteristic  of  the  complaint. 
By  May  17th  no  vestige  of  the  chorea  remained.  On  being  directed  to  stand 
up,  close  the  eyes,  and  hold  the  arms  extended,  she  did  so  without  difficulty. 
Subjected  to  the  difficult  test  of  walking  blindfolded,  she  came  through 
triumphantly.  Lastly  her  powers  of  speech  had  so  much  improved  that, 
whereas  on  her  admission  the  meaning  of  her  utterances  was  a  matter  of 
pure  conjecture,  by  this  date  her  remarks  were  quite  intelligible.  Thus 
within  seven  weeks  this  obstinate  case  of  a  very  troublesome  disease  yielded 
completely  to  Magnesia  phos. — one  of  Schiissler's  so-called  "tissue  reme- 
dies."    No  other  medicine  was  given. — Horn.  World,  July,  1887. 

COLIC. 

Magnesia  phos. — Flatulent  colic  of  children,  with  drawing 
up  of  legs.  Colic  forcing  the  patient  to  bend  double;  eased 
by  friction,  warmth  and  belching  of  gas.  Colic  in  umbilical 
region.  Muscular  contractions.  Remittent  colic,  crampy 
pain.  "  Colic  of  newborn  infants.  I  use  it  in  almost  every 
case  with  absolute,  invariable,  prompt  and  complete  success  ; 
30th  potency."  (J.  C.  Morgan,  M.  D.)  Colicky  babies  when 
they  cry  half  the  time  ;  no  interference  with  nutrition.  Gall- 
stone colic. 

Natrum  phos. — Colic  of  children,  with  symptoms  of 
acidity,  such  as  green,  sour-smelling  stools,  vomiting  of 
curdled  milk,  etc. 

Ferrum  phos. — Colic  at  menstrual  periods,  with  heat,  flush- 
ing of  the  face  and  quickened  pulse. 


colic.  165 

Natrum  sulph. — Flatulent  colic  starting  in  right  groin. 
Bilious  colic,  with  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth  and  grayish  or 
brownish-green  coating  at  the  root  of  the  tongue.  In  lead 
colic  this  remedy  should  be  given  frequently  in  the  ix  or  2x 
trituration.  Pain  in  abdomen  and  small  of  back  as  if  bruised. 
Much  flatulence.  Incarceration  of  flatus.  Flatulent  complaints 
after  confinement,  with  constipation. 

Kali  sulph. — Pains  resembling  colic.  Abdomen  feels  cold 
to  touch ;  sometimes  caused  by  great  heat,  from  excitement 
and  sudden  coldness ;  shortly  after,  gas  escaping  smells  like 
sulphur  ;  if  Magnesia  phos.  fail. 

Kali  phos. — Colic  in  hypogastrium,  with  ineffectual  urging 
to  stool ;  better  bending  double.  Abdomen  distended  with 
gas. 

Natrum  mur. — "In  cases  of  bilious  colic  presenting  the 
belching  of  Carbo  veg.  and  the  pains  of  Diosc.  and  Coloc.  I 
have  found  Natrum  mur.  to  do  excellent  service."  (C.  E. 
Fisher.) 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Woman,  aet.  50,  suffered  for  two  years  from  gastralgia  and  enteralgia, 
attacks  lasting  several  days;  at  each  attack  vomiting  of  a  fluid  as  sour  as 
vinegar.  Two  allopaths  had  treated  her  in  vain,  diagnosing  the  affection  as 
cancer  of  the  stomach  and  wandering  kidney.  My  diagnosis  was  oversecre- 
tion  of  lactic  acid.  Natrum  phos.  Improvement  set  in  in  two  days,  and  in 
a  few  weeks  was  entirely  cured.     (Schiissler. ) 

Case  of  lady  with  bilious  colic.  Was  sent  for  in  the  night,  and  for  par- 
ticular reasons  did  not  go.  I,  however,  sent  what  I  thought  would  relieve 
her.  Early  in  the  morning  her  husband  was  again  at  my  office,  saying  she 
was  no  better,  but  suffering  terribly.  I  gave  him  a  different  remedy,  to  be 
administered  until  I  could  get  there.  About  half  past  nine  I  arrived  at  the 
house,  and  found  her  still  suffering  excruciating  pains.  Ascertaining  she 
had  vomited  bile,  and  had  a  very  bitter  taste  in  her  mouth  all  the  time,  I 
administered  a  powder  of  Natrum  sulph.  in  a  little  water.  In  about  two 
minutes  after  taking  it  she  said  she  was  considerably  relieved  for  the  first 
time  since  eleven  o'clock  in  the  night.  In  about  five  minutes  she  had  a  free 
movement  from  the  bowels,  and  she  continued  to  improve,  and  was  up  and 
about  the  next  morning. 

One  of  the  hard-working  clergy  of  the  metropolis  was  for  several  years 
subject  to  very  frequent  and  very  severe  attacks  of  colic,  always  running  on 
to  inflammatory  character,  violent  vomiting,  great  tenderness  of  abdomen , 
restlessness,  anxiety,  misery.     These  attacks  generally  lasted    from   three 


1 66  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

days  to  one  week.  More  than  a  year  ago  it  was  ascertained  that  the  pain 
generally  commenced  i?i  the  right  groin  and  thence  spread  over  the  whole 
abdomen.  Natrum  sulph.  was  given,  the  attack  yielded  immediately,  and 
though  he  has  had  several  threatenings,  he  has  had  no  colic  since. — Hering's 

Materia  Medica. 

CONCUSSION  OF  THE  BRAIN. 

Kali  phos. — Asthenic  conditions,  dilated  pupils,  depression 
of  function  of  the  brain-cells  resulting  from  concussion. 

Ferrum  phos. — Febrile  disturbances  depending  thereon. 

Magnesia  phos. — When  optical  illusions  accompany. 

Calcarea  phos. — As  an  intercurrent  sometimes,  and  with 
numb  sensations. 

Natrum  sulph. — Chronic  effects  of  falls  and  blows  on  head. 

CONSTIPATION. 

Note — No  purging  need  be  resorted  to.  Constipation 
occurs  frequently  in  consequence  of  some  primary  disturbance. 
Ivook  for  the  symptoms  of  this.  The  proper  remedy  will 
make  the  bowels  move.     (Schiissler.) 

Kali  mur. — Constipation  accompanied  by  a  white-coated 
tongue,  also  when  fat  and  pastry  disagree.  Torpid  liver, 
light-colored  stools  through  want  of  bile  from  sluggish  liver. 

Kali  phos.— Stools  dark  brown,  streaked  with  yellowish- 
green  mucus.     Paretic  condition  of  rectum  and  colon. 

Natrum  mur. — Torn,  bleeding,  smarting  feeling  after  stool. 
Constipation  with  much  intestinal  weakness,  and  when  aris- 
ing from  want  of  moisture.  Dryness  of  the  mucous  linings  of 
the  bowels,  with  watery  secretions  in  the  other  parts  ;  watery 
vomiting,  watery  eyes,  excess  of  saliva  in  the  mouth  or  on  the 
tongue.  Drowsiness  and  waterbrash.  Stools  are  hard,  dry 
and  difficult  to  pass.  Accompanied  by  headache.  Hemor- 
rhoidal constipation.  Proctalgia.  Pain  in  abdominal  rings. 
"  Constipation  of  fleshy  people,  especially  those  with  weak 
hearts."     (Frawley.) 

Calcarea  phos. — Costive,  hard  stool  with  blood,  especially 
in  old  people,  associated  with  mental  depression,  vertigo  and 
headache. 


CONSTIPATION.  167 

Calcarea  fluor. — Inability  to  expel  the  faeces. 

Natrum  phos. — Obstinate  constipation.  Habitual  constipa- 
tion with  occasional  attacks  of  diarrhoea  in  young  children. 
This  remedy  is  an  admirable  laxative  when  administered  with 
the  food  of  infants.  Dose,  5  to  10  grains  three  times  daily  for 
a  six-months'  old  child. 

Natrum  sulph. — Hard,  knotty  stools  streaked  with  blood, 
preceded  and  accompanied  by  smarting  at  the  anus  ;  difficult 
expulsion  of  soft  stool ;  emission  of  fetid  flatus  in  large  quan- 
tities.    (Strong.) 

Ferrum  phos. — Constipation  with  heat  in  the  lower  bowel, 
caused  by  atony  of  muscular  fibres  of  intestines.  "  Ferrum 
phos.  is  indicated  in  obstinate  constipation  with  prolapsus  ani 
and  piles,  associated  with  anaemia  ;  face  pale,  readily  flushing, 
cold  hands  and  feet,  palpitation,  persistent  chilliness,  flatu- 
lence and  fulness  of  epigastrium,  with  great  aversion  to  meat 
diet."     (Donaldson.) 

Silicea. — Rectum  seems  to  have  lost  the  power  of  expul- 
sion. Faeces  recede  after  having  been  partly  expelled.  Sore- 
ness, stitches  and  shooting  pain  in  anus.  Constipation  asso- 
ciated with  chronic  scrofulous  and  suppurative  diseases.  Con- 
stipation of  poorly  nourished  children  with  pale,  earthy  face. 
Copious  perspiration  around  head,  accompanying  paralytic 
diseases. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Mrs.  H.,  aet.  26,  mother  of  three  children;  constipation  since  birth  of  last 
child,  three  months  ago.  Cathartics  had  failed.  The  stools  were  hard  and 
dry,  were  partially  expelled  with  much  straining,  and  then  receded  into  the 
rectum.  Silieea30  cured  in  four  doses,  taken  night  and  morning.  (I.  P. 
Johnson.) 

Dr.  Gross,  the  pupil  of  Hahnemann,  relates  a  very  remarkable  case  of 
chronic  constipation  cured  with  Natrum  mur.w  The  patient,  a  boy,  set.  11, 
born  of  scrofulous  parents,  has  an  idiotic  brother;  patient  himself  mute  and 
almost  an  idiot.  The  poor  creature  suffered  with  constipation  from  birth. 
Would  go  three  to  four  weeks  without  stool.  After  a  course  of  Natrum 
mur.so  the  constipation  was  entirely  cured.  (Full  report  of  the  case  found 
in  Strong's  Constipation,  p.  72.) 


1 68  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

COUGH. 

Ferrum  phos. — Acute,  painful,  short,  tickling  cough. 
Short,  sore,  tickling  cough  from  irritation  of  the  windpipe. 
Short,  dry,  spasmodic  cough,  with  feeling  of  soreness  in  the 
lungs,  no  expectoration.  Cough  hard  and  dry,  with  soreness 
from  cold.  Cough,  with  rattling  of  mucus  in  chest,  worse  at 
night. 

Kali  mur. — Loud,  noisy  stomach-cough,  with  grayish-white 
tongue.  Short,  acute  and  spasmodic,  like  whooping-cough, 
requires  this  remedy.  Noisy  cough  with  protruded  appear- 
ance of  the  eyes  and  white  or  gray-coated  tongue.  Croupy, 
hard  cough.  Child  grasps  at  throat  during  coughing  spell. 
Persistent,  croupy-like  hoarseness.  Cough  with  thick,  milky- 
white,  gluey  albuminoid  phlegm.  Cough  in  consumption 
with  thick,  milky-white  expectoration,  or  white-coated 
tongue. 

Kali  phos. — Cough  from  irritation  in  the  trachea  which 
feels  sore.  Expectoration  thick,  yellow,  salty,  and  fetid,  chest 
sore. 

Kali  sulph. — Cough  with  yellow  expectoration  or  watery 
matter.  Worse  in  a  heated  room  or  in  the  evening.  Mucus 
slips  back  and  is  generally  swallowed  ;  hard,  hoarse  cough  like 
croup,  weary  feeling  in  the  pharynx. 

Magnesia  phos. — True  spasmodic  cough  coming  on  in  fits, 
paroxysms  ;  without  expectoration,  spasmodic  cough  at  night, 
with  difficulty  upon  lying  down.  Whooping  cough.  Patients 
refer  the  spasm  to  the  pit  of  the  throat.  The  lungs  are  sore 
from  the  strain  of  coughing.  In  dry  cough  in  nervous  chil- 
dren this  remedy  should  always  be  thought  of. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Cough  with  expectoration  of  tiny,  yellow, 
tough  lumps  of  mucus.  Cough  with  tickling  and  irritation 
in  the  throat  on  lying  down,  from  elongation  of  the  uvula,  or 
dropping  at  the  back  of  the  throat. 

Calcarea  phos. — Cough  with  expectoration  of  albuminous 
matter,  not  watery.  In  cough  of  consumptives  as  an  inter- 
current remedy.  Suffocative  cough  in  children,  better  lying 
down. 


CROUP.  169 

Calcarea  sulph. — Cough  with  sanious,  watery  sputa. 

Natrum  mur. — Cough  with  excess  of  watery  secretions.  In 
consumption  with  watery  sputa,  tasting  salty,  winter  cough. 
Stitches  in  liver  with  cough.  Dry,  short  cough,  day  and 
night,  from  irritation  in  pit  of  stomach. 

Natrum  sulph. — Cough  with  a  sensation  of  all-goneness  in 
the  chest.  Muco-pus,  thick,  ropy  and  yellowish-green  ex- 
pectoration ;  must  press  upon  chest  to  relieve  soreness  and 
weakness. 

Silicea. — Cough  provoked  by  cold  drinks.  Soreness  and  weak- 
ness of  chest  relieved  by  warm,  moist  air.  Laryngeal,  morning 
cough  with  tough  expectoration.  Dyspnoea  on  stooping  or 
lying  on  back.  Expectoration  of  profuse,  yellowish-green  pus 
of  greasy  taste  and  offensive  odor.  Suffocative  night-cough. 
(Lilienthal.) 

CLINICAL  CA.SES. 

Dr.  J.  A.  Biegler  reports  in  the  Trans.  I.  H.  A.  1888,  a  case  of  subacute 
laryngitis  cured  by  Kali  phos.30.  The  prescription  was  given  "  as  a  forlorn 
hope,"  because  the  case  came  late  under  treatment,  with  weakness,  pale, 
bluish  face,  etc  Speech  slow,  becoming  inarticulate,  creeping  paralysis, 
and  because  Grauvogl  says:  "We  know  that  the  oxidation  processes,  the 
changes  of  gases  in  the  respiration,  and  other  chemical  transformations  in 
the  blood,  are  brought  about  by  the  presence  of  Kali phos." 

Dr.  F.  W.  Southworth  reports  two  cases  of  spasmodic  cough,  promptly  re- 
lieved by  Magnes.  phos.  4X  and  6x  respectively,  the  leading  indications  being 
its  spasmodic  character,  worse  on  lying  down  and  at  night,  and  on  breathing 
cold  air;  better  on  sitting  up;  tightness  across  the  chest.  The  second  case 
had  spurting  of  urine  when  coughing. 

Dr.  Fisher  was  consulted  by  a  lady  {enciente)  who  was  suffering  from  a 
cough  which  caused  great  inconvenience,  as  with  every  cough  there  was 
emission  of  urine.  Ferrum  phos.  cured  her  very  speedily.  A  short  time 
ago  the  lady  under  similar  circumstances  was  again  troubled  with  a  cough. 
Ferrum  phos.  this  time  also  cured  her  as  speedily.  (From  Schiissler. ) 

CROUP. 

Kali  mur. — Is  the  principal  remedy  for  the  membranous 
exudation,  alternating  with  Ferrum  phos.  The  chief  remedy 
in  false  croup. 

Ferrum  phos. — This  remedy  should  be  alternated  with 
Kali  mur.;  breathing  short,  oppressed  and  hurried. 


170  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Calcarea  fluor. — If  Ferrum  phos.  and  Kali  mur.  do  not 
suffice.     The  chief  remedy  in  true  croup. 

Calcarea  phos. — Useful  if  the  foregoing  fail  to  act.  "Suffo- 
cative attacks  on  lifting  up  the  child  from  the  cradle.  After 
nursing,  after  crying,  or  being  raised  from  the  cradle,  breath- 
ing ceases,  the  head  turns  backward,  the  face  is  blue,  there  is 
fighting  with  hands  and  feet;  after  the  attack  great  laxation." 
(Bradford.) 

Kali  phos. — If  treatment  is  delayed  till  the  last  stage,  syn- 
cope ;  for  nervous  prostration,  pale,  livid  countenance ;  in 
alternation  with  Kali  mur. 

Magnesia  phos. — Spasmodic  closure  of  the  windpipe.  Sud- 
den shrill  voice  ;  suffocative  cough. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Useful  after  the  exudation  stage  when, 
after  the  hard  membrane  has  been  softened,  there  exists  a 
tough  mucus  in  the  throat  causing  much  discomfort.  It  will 
change  the  croupous  to  a  catarrhal  cough,  and  when  given  in 
season  will  sometimes  prevent  exudation. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

D.  R.,  a  boy,  aet.  7,  who  took  spurious  croup  when  there  was  a  sharp, 
keen,  northeast  wind,  having  had  a  few  years  before  a  very  severe  attack  of 
true  croup;  this  past  autumn  had  again  an  attack,  with  fever,  and  a  loud, 
barking  cough.  Aeon,  and  liver  of  sulphur,  which  have  been  recommended 
by  so  many  authors  against  spurious  croup,  produced  no  change  whatever, 
so  that  I  prepared  myself,  in  the  case  of  this  boy,  for  a  continuance  of  the 
affection,  as  usual,  for  several  days.  The  nights  especially  were  very  rest- 
less, with  much  coughing,  rough  and  hard,  so  that  his  relatives  were  very 
anxious.  There  were  dry  heat  and  great  oppression  present.  I  exchanged 
my  Hepar  sulph.  for  Kali  mur.,  and  gave  every  two  hours  a  full  dose.  After 
a  few  doses  the  cough  became  loose,  lost  completely  the  barking  sound,  and 
the  whole  of  the  following  night  my  little  patient  slept  quietly,  so  that  on 
the  following  morning  he  awoke,  able  to  get  up,  quite  lively  and  well. 
(Schiissler  ) 

In  croup,  do  not  be  afraid  of  high  potencies;  they  often  do  much  better 
than  the  low.     (E.  H.  H.) 

DELIRIUM. 

Ferrum  phos. — When  there  is  present  high  fever. 
Natrum  mur. — Delirium  occurring  at  any  time,  with  start- 


DENTITION.  171 

ing  of  the  body,  wandering  delirium  with  muttering ;  frothy 
tongue.  Delirium  tremens.  Chief  remedy;  if  it  does  no  good 
give  Kali  phos. 

Kali  phos. — Delirium  tremens ;  the  horrors  of  drunkards, 
fear,  sleeplessness,  restlessness  and  suspiciousness,  rambling 
talk,  endeavors  to  grasp  or  avoid  imaginary  objects  and 
images.  Give  alternately  with  Natrum  mur.,  as  this  remedy 
restores  the  normal  consistency  of  the  brain  substance  which 
is  disturbed  in  this  disease. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

I  was  consulted  by  the  relatives  of  a  man  suffering  from  delirium  tremens. 
I  ordered  Natrum  mur.  A  complete  cure  followed  speedily.  Natrum  mur. 
is  the  principal  remedy,  as  delirium  tremens  is  caused  by  a  disturbance  of 
the  balance  of  the  molecules  of  the  Natrum  mur.  and  molecules  of  water  in 
some  portion  of  the  brain.     (Schiissler. ) 

DENTITION. 

Ferrum  phos. — Teething  troubles  with  feverishness,  flushed 
face,  sparkling  eyes,  dilated  pupils,  and  extreme  restlessness 
and  irritability. 

Magnesia  phos. — Convulsions  in  teething  without  fever,  in 
alternation  with  Ferrum  phos.  "In  convulsive  cases,  where 
Bellad.  seems  indicated,  but  does  no  good,  spasmodic  colic, 
loose  bowels,  this  is  a  magnificent  remedy."  (J.  C.  Morgan, 
M.  D.) 

Calcarea  phos. — The  chief  remedy  in  teething  disorders. 
If  they  appear  too  late  it  should  be  given  to  hasten  develop- 
ment. It  is  the  remedy  for  troublesome  ailments  during  den- 
tition. Especially  useful  in  flabby,  emaciated  children  with 
open  posterior  fontanelles.  Child  does  not  learn  to  walk  or 
forgets  to  walk  and  loses  flesh.  Has  a  sputtering,  pus-like 
diarrhoea  and  vomiting. 

Natrum  mur. — Where  there  is  much  dribbling  or  flow  of 
saliva. 

Silicea. — Especially  suitable  for  children  with  large  heads, 
open  sutures,  much  sweat  about  head,  large  abdomen,  fine 
skin,  oversensitiveness,  imperfectly  nourished,  due  to  mal- 
assimilation. 


172  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Calcarea  fluor. — This  remedy  also  greatly  facilitates  denti- 
tion. Vomiting  during  dentition.  Malnutrition  of  the  bones, 
especially  the  teeth.  "  Spasms,  commencing  by  holding 
breath,  incessant  crying  and  momentary  loss  of  consciousness." 
(Dr.  J.  W.  Ward.) 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Case  of  vomiting  of  food  and  drink  during  dentition,  undigested  diarrhoea, 
curdled  milk,  with  green  specks  in  it,  much  offensive  flatus.  During  sleep 
head  wets  pillow,  head  small.    Calcarea phos}  cured.    (Raue,  Record,  1873.) 

Dentition. — Child  18  months  old;  hot  skin,  cheeks  highly  flushed,  spark- 
ling eyes,  pupils  dilated,  and  extreme  restlessness  and  irritability.  Ferr. 
phos.  6x  trit.,  in  water  every  hour.  The  first  dose  had  a  decided  quieting 
effect,  the  child  going  to  sleep  shortly  after  taking  it  and  the  cheeks  becom- 
ing much  less  flushed.  A  few  repetitions  of  the  remedy  entirely  removed 
all  the  dental  irritation.     (Wilde. ) 

I  have  had  many  cases  of  that  troublesome  affection  with  children  that  I 
have  easily  cured  with  Magnes.  phos.  and  Calc.  phos.  For  the  benefit  of 
young  practitioners,  I  will  add  that  I  generally  prevent  the  recurrence  of 
that  trouble  by  treating  the  mother  in  the  following  manner:  As  soon  as  I 
see  one  of  my  regular  patients  having  reached  the  fifth  or  sixth  month  of 
pregnancy,  every  morning  and  evening  I  order  the  pregnant  woman  to  take 
a  dose  of  Calc.  phos.  3X  trit.  The  results  that  I  have  obtained  are:  first,  to 
prevent  the  usual  decay  of  the  mother's  teeth;  and,  second,  to  see  her  off- 
spring cutting  teeth  sooner  and  without  any  trouble.  (E.  A.  de  Cailhol, 
M.  D.) 

DIABETES  MELLITUS. 

Natrum  mur. — Polyuria ;  unquenchable  thirst ;  emaciation, 
loss  of  sleep  and  appetite  ;  great  debility  and  despondency. 

Natrum  sulph. — This  is  the  chief  remedy.  Schiissler  gives 
as  a  special  reason  for  its  use  deficiency  of  the  pancreatic  secre- 
tion. 

Kali  mur. — Excessive  and  sugary  urine.  Great  weakness 
and  somnolence. 

Kali  phos. — The  symptoms  for  which  this  remedy  must  be 
given  intercurrently  are  nervous  prostration,  weakness,  sleep- 
lessness and  voracious  hunger ;  it  establishes  normal  function 
of  the  medulla  oblongata  and  pneumogastric  nerve,  which 
latter  acts  on  the  digestion  or  stomach  and  on  the  lungs. 

Ferrum  phos. — Diabetes,  when  there  is  a  quickened  pulse 


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or  when  there  exists  pain,  heat  or  congestion  in  any  part  of 
the  system,  as  an  intercurrent  remedy. 

Calcarea  phos. — Polyuria,  with  weakness,  much  thirst,  dry 
mouth  and  tongue ;  flabby,  sunken  abdomen ;  craves  bacon 
and  salt.     Glycosuria  when  lungs  are  implicated. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Schussler  says  that  this  may  possibly  be 
a  remedy  useful  for  this  disease ;  also  Kali  sulph. 

NOTE  TO  DIABETES. 

A  writer  explains  the  biochemic  treatment  of  diabetes  as  follows: 

Lactic  acid  is  composed  of  Carbonic  acid  and  water,  and  must  be  split  up 
on  its  way  to  the  lungs.  This  is  done  by  the  catalytic  action  of  Sodium 
phosphate  in  the  blood.  Any  deficiency  of  Sodium  phosphate  will  cause  a 
disturbance  in  the  water  in  the  system  by  allowing  an  excess  of  Lactic  acid 
to  accumulate.  Nature  in  her  effort  to  eliminate  the  water  produces  the 
symptoms  called  diabetes. 

But  while  a  lack  of  Sodium  phosphate  is  the  principal  cause  of  diabetes, 
the  chief  remedy  is  Sodium  phosphate;  because  it  regulates  the  supply  of 
water  in  the  blood.  Sodium  phosphate  also  gives  off  oxygen,  90  necessary 
for  the  process  of  the  decomposition  of  sugar,  and  thereby  prevents  its 
reaching  the  kidneys  as  sugar,  and  also  thins  to  its  normal  consistency  bile 
that  has  become  inspissated  from  a  lack  of  Sodium  phosphate. 

If  a  case  of  diabetes  has  advanced  to  any  considerable  degree,  the  kidneys 
will  have  become  ihflamed  by  the  Lactic  acid  and  sugar  that  passes  through 
them.  This  injury  to  the  tissue  of  the  kidney  calls  upon  the  red  corpuscles 
of  the  blood  for  Lron  phosphate,  which  will  in  most  cases  cause  a  deficiency 
in  that  inorganic  salt.  Nature,  in  her  efforts  to  supply  iron,  will  probably 
draw  on  the  nerve  fluid,  Potassium  phosphate  will  be  too  rapidly  consumed, 
and  the  patient  suffers  from  nervous  prostration. 

The  treatment,  therefore,  for  diabetes  mellitus  is  :  the  Phosphates  of 
sodium,  Iron  and  Potassium,  and  the  Sulphate  of  sodium.  For  the  great 
functional  disturbance  of  nerve  centers  caused  by  the  demand  made  on  the 
blood  for  the  Potassium  phosphate,  producing  sleeplessness  and  voracious 
hunger,  Potassium  phosphate  is 'the  infallible  remedy.  It  establishes  nor- 
mal functional  action  of  the  medulla  oblongata  and  pneumogastric  nerve, 
which  latter  acts  on  stomach  and  lungs.  P"or  the  great  thirst,  emaciation, 
and  despondency,  give  Sodium  chloride.  It  equally  distributes  the  water  in 
the  system  and  quickly  restores  the  normal  condition. 

The  phosphates  may  be  combined  where  two  or  more  are  indicated,  but 
the  Sodium  sulphite  and  Sodiutn  chloride  should  be  given  in  separate  solu- 
tions. Where  there  is  great  emaciation  or  poor  appetite  Calcium  phosphate 
should  be  given,  a  small  dose  after  each  meal. 

In  my  opinion,  diet  cuts  but  little  figure  in  the  treatment  of  diabetes,  ex- 
cept as  to  the  amount  of  food  taken.  The  main  object  is  have  the  food 
digest.  Diabetic  patients  should  never  overeat;  better  eat  six  times  daily 
than  overeat  once. 


174  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Of  course  diet  of  fat  meats  or  greasy  food  cannot  be  beneficial,  for  the  very 
important  fact  that  it  overworks  the  liver,  causes  a  deficiency  and  conse- 
quent thickening  of  bile  and  mucus,  and  sometimes  a  crystallization  of 
cholesterin  in  the  gall  duct,  which  give  rise  to  symptoms  called  hepatic  colic, 
jaundice,  or  bilious  headache. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

Dr.  E.  B.  Rankin  reports  a  case  of  diabetes  insipidus  improving  under 
Natrum  phos.  6x,  in  thirst,  appetite  and  general  strength,  also  in  quantity 
of  urine.  However,  no  permanent  result  was  obtained  in  this  case. — South- 
ern Journal  of  Homoeopathy,  April,  1886. 

Schiissler  notices  two  cures  of  this  disease,  communicated  to  him  from 
Scotland,  and  one  in  which  an  Italian  doctor  employed  successfully  Natrum 
sulph.  in  diabetes.     The  details  are  wanting. 

I  have  had  occasion  to  treat  many  cases  of  that  affection  that  I  consider 
of  a  nervous  origin.  The  treatment  that  has  always  succeeded  with  me  has 
invariably  been  Natrum  sulph.  and  Magnesia  phos.  6x  trit. ;  the  length  of 
treatment  has  been  from  forty-eight  hours  to  a  week;  one  dose  of  each  of 
these  salts  in  alternation  every  hour.     (E.  A.  de  Cailhol,  M.  D.) 

Mrs.  M.,  aged  42,  consulting  me,  declared  that  she  passed  nearly  four 
gallons  of  urine  in  twenty-four  hours;  its  specific  gravity  was  1.040.  I 
learned  from  her  that  the  disease  originated  from  a  nervous  shock  (conjugal 
onanismus).  I  cured  that  disease  in  three  months  with  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr. 
phos.,  Kali  phos.  and  Magnes.  phos.,  given  according  to  the  symptoms  that 
I  had  to  fight  against.  Having  seen  her  three  years  after,  the  cure  was  per- 
fect and  no  sign  of  relapse.     (E.  A.  de  Cailhol,  M.  D.) 

DIARRHOEA. 

Ferrum  phos. — Diarrhoea  from  a  relaxed  state  of  the  villi, 
or  absorbents  of  the  intestines  not  taking  up  the  usual  amount 
of  moisture.  Stools  of  undigested  food,  brought  on  by  a  chill 
beginning  with  fever.  Prolapsus  recti.  "  Pain  non-intermit- 
tent. Diarrhoea  copious,  watery,  sudden,  painful,  often  ac- 
companied by  vomiting."  (Guilbert.)  Diarrhoea  in  children, 
stools  watery,  mucous,  green  and  frequent ;  child  rolls  its 
head  and  groans ;  face  pinched,  eyes  half  opened ;  urine 
scanty,  pulse  and  respiration  quickened,  starting  in  sleep. 
Stools  undigested  ;  the  skin  is  hot  and  dry,  and  there  is  thirst. 
Dentition. 

Kali  mur. — Diarrhoea  after  fatty  food,  pastry,  etc.  Evacu- 
ations light  colored,  pale  yellow,  ochre  or  clay-colored  stools. 
Diarrhoea  in  typhoid  fever;    stools  like  pale  yellow  ochre. 


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White  or  slimy  stools,  with  the  characteristic  white  coating 
of  the  tongue.     Stools  bloody  or  slimy. 

Kali  phos. — Foul  diarrhoea,  often  accompanied  by  other 
diseases,  to  heal  the  conditions  causing  putrid  evacuations. 
Diarrhoea  of  strong  odor,  occasioned  by  fright  and  other  simi- 
lar causes.  Diarrhoea  with  depression  and  exhaustion  of  the 
nerves,  with  or  without  pain.  Evacuations  like  rice  water. 
Prolapsus  recti.  Tympanites.  Stools  putrid,  like  rice  water, 
bloody,  carrion-like  odor.  Noisy,  offensive  flatus.  Profuse, 
painless  and  imperative  stool  while  eating,  followed  by  unsat- 
isfied urging.     Rectum  burns  and  feels  sore  ;  prolapsed. 

Natrum  mur. — Diarrhoea  with  watery,  slimy,  frothy  stools. 
Transparent,  glairy  slime,  excessive  use  of  salt.  "  Natrum 
mur.  is  chiefly  used  for  chronic  diarrhoea  of  children.  The 
emaciation  of  the  neck,  the  greasy  appearance  of  the  face,  and 
the  peculiar  desires  and  aversions  furnish  the  leading  indica- 
tions." (Bell  &Daird.)  Slimy  coating  of  tongue  with  minute 
bubbles  of  saliva  on  tip. 

Natrum  phos. — Itching,  sore  and  raw  anus.  Stools  white 
or  green  from  deficient  bile.  Diarrhoea  caused  by  excess  of 
acidity ;  stools  sour  smelling,  green,  with  yellow,  creamy  coat- 
ing of  tongue.  Vomiting  of  sour  fluid,  curdy  masses.  Sum- 
mer diarrhoea  connected  with  a  lack  of  digestive  power,  in 
which  the  stools  are  either  clay-colored  or  habitually  greenish. 
Also,  where  there  is  habitual  constipation  with  occasional  at- 
tacks of  diarrhoea,  in  young  children.  "  Jelly-like  masses  of 
mucus,  painful  straining,  coagulated  casein,  scanty  and  fre- 
quent."    (Guilbert.)     Diarrhoea  from  bad  methods  in  feeding. 

Natrum  sulph. — Diarrhoea  ;  stools  watery,  dark,  bilious,  or 
of  green  bile.  "  This  is  one  of  the  most  frequently  indicated 
remedies  in  cases  of  chronic  diarrhoea,  where  the  loose  morn- 
ing stool  is  the  leading  symptom.  The  flatulent  symptoms 
are  very  characteristic,  but  not  necessarily  present.  Aggrava- 
tion in  damp  weather.  Green  diarrhoea  in  scarlatina.  Wart- 
like eruptions  on  arms  and  between  thighs.  Chronic  heredi- 
tary looseness  of  bowels  in  old  women."     (Bell   &  Daird.) 


176  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Chronic  diarrhoea  coming  on  sometime  after  rising  and  moving 
about. 

Kali  sulph. — Diarrhoea  yellow,  slimy  or  watery,  purulent 
stools.  Yellow  coating  of  tongue,  especially  at  root.  Symp- 
toms of  cholera,  cramps,  etc.     Black,  thin,  offensive  stools. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Diarrhoea  purulent,  mixed  with  blood, 
with  clay-colored  tongue.  In  typhus  ;  from  maple  sugar  and 
change  of  weather. 

Calcarea  phos. — Diarrhoea  in  teething  children,  as  an  inter- 
current or  alternate  remedy.  Intercurrently  in  consumption 
of  the  bowels.  One  of  our  most  valuable  remedies  for  the 
diarrhoea  of  scrofulous  and  rachitic  children.  Green,  slimy, 
undigested  diarrhoea.  Stool  is  hot,  watery,  profuse,  offensive, 
noisy  and  sputtering. 

Magnesia  phos. — Stools  watery,  expelled  with  force,  with 
griping  pains  in  the  bowels,  flatulent  colic  relieved  by  draw- 
ing up  the  limbs,  or  hot  applications.  Vomiting  and  cramp 
in  calves  of  legs.     Pain  at  intervals. 

Silicea. — Infantile  diarrhoea,  cadaverous-smelling,  after  vac- 
cination, with  much  sour  perspiration  on  head,  and  hard,  hot, 
distended  abdomen. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Chronic  diarrhoea  in  old  maid,  set.  75,  of  years'  standing,  cured  by  Ferrum 
phos.  (W.  P.  W.) 

Morning  diarrhoea  on  rising;  sudden  urging,  gushing,  accompanied  with 
flatulence.  The  stool  splatters  all  over  the  vessel.  Natrmn  sulph.  cm. 
cured.     (C.  Lippe.) 

An  old  man  was  attacked  by  a  severe  vomiting  and  diarrhoea,  accom- 
panied by  exceedingly  painful  cramp  in  the  calves.  Evacuations  had  the 
appearance  of  rice-water.  I  undertook  the  treatment  about  six  hours  after 
the  beginning  of  the  attack,  and  one  dose  of  Kali  phos.  effected  a  cure.  The 
speedy  cure  of  this  case  of  choleraic  diarrhoea  would  justify  the  belief  that 
Kali  phos.  is  a  specific  against  cholera.  (Schiissler.) 

Dr.  Goullon  relates  a  case  of  chronic  diarrhoea  of  two  years'  standing. 
Stools  of  mushy  consistence,  coated  tongue,  cured  with  Calcarea  sulph. — 
Allg.  Horn.  Zeit. 

Among  the  first  cases  in  which  I  tried  these  remedies  was  a  negro  child, 
about  two  months  old.  The  following  are  about  the  symptoms  presented: 
Painful  diarrhoea,  constant  rolling  of  the  head,  eyes  turned  up,  tongue 
brownish-vellow,  no  desire  to  nurse  for  some  time.     The  mother  said  it  had 


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been  sick  for  a  week,  and  she  had  been  giving  it  different  things;  but  as  it 
got  worse,  she  called  me.  I  told  her  I  was  afraid  there  was  little  chance 
for  its  recovery,  but  I  would  do  what  I  could  for  it.  Prescribed  Magnesia 
phos.  and  Calcarea  phos.  in  alternation,  every  fifteen  minutes.  This  was 
about  nine  or  ten  o'clock  a.  m.  I  returned  about  three  o'clock  p.  m.,  to  see 
if  it  were  still  alive,  and  to  my  astonishment  found  it  better.  It  had  ceased 
rolling  its  head,  eyes  were  natural,  had  nursed  once  or  twice,  and  was  sleep- 
ing. Ordered  the  medicine  to  be  continued  at  longer  intervals.  The  next 
morning  it  was  considerably  better.  At  this  visit  I  found  the  tongue  cov- 
ered with  a  thick  white  coating,  and  the  mouth  sore.  I  now  prescribed 
Kali  mur.,  the  remedy  for  this  condition,  in  place  of  the  Calcarea  phos.,  to 
be  alternated  with  the  Magnesia  phos.  every  hour.  The  next  day  the  tongue 
was  clear,  and  after  leaving  a  few  more  powders,  to  be  continued  for  a  day 
or  two  longer,  the  case  was  dismissed.   (E.  H.  H.) 

Dr.  T.  F.  Allen  cured  a  case  of  chronic  diarrhoea  in  an  old  lady,  with 
morning  aggravation  on  beginning  to  move,  with  Nalrum  sulph.  -jx.  (N. 
A.J.  H.) 

DIPHTHERIA. 

Ferrum  phos. — At  the  commencement  and  for  the  fever. 

Kali  mur. — This  is  the  sole  remedy  in  most  cases,  in  alter- 
nation with  Ferrum  phos.,  which  latter  will  lessen  the  fever, 
and  is  always  indicated  at  the  commencement.  Kali  mur. 
stands  in  the  same  biological  relation  to  the  albuminoid  sub- 
stances (z.  <?.,  the  fibrin)  as  does  the  phosphate  of  lime  to  the 
albumen.  When  an  intense  irritation  has  attacked  those  cells 
which  form  the  seat  of  the  disease  in  diphtheria,  or  relatively 
the  Kali  mur.  molecules  which  are  contained  in  them,  there 
arise  a  disturbance  of  the  proper  balance  of  the  molecules  of 
this  salt  and  consequent  loss  of  some  molecules,  perhaps  only 
a  small  number.  At  the  same  time  a  portion  of  the  albumi- 
noid substances  (the  organic  basis  of  the  cells)  is  set  free  and 
appears  on  the  surface  of  the  mucous  membrane,  where  it  is 
recognized  as  the  diphtheritic  exudation.  So  long  as  the  dis- 
turbance of  the  proper  balance  in  the  motion  of  Kali  mur. 
molecules  lasts,  the  exudation  will  derive  supplies  and  con- 
tinue to  go  on.  For  the  purpose  of  curing  diphtheria  by  means 
of  the  biochemic  method,  new  molecules  of  this  salt  must  be 
applied  to  the  respective  tissues  of  which  Kali  mur.  molecules 
have  become  inharmonious  in  their  function,  and  for  this 
reason  the  remedy  must  be  given  in  molecular  form.     Dose, 

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178  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

10  to  15  grains  of  3d  or  6th  trituration  in  a  tumbler  of  water, 
a  dose  every  two  hours,  or  a  powder  the  size  of  a  pea,  dry  on 
the  tongue. 

Calcarea  fluor. — When  the  affection  has  gone  to  the  wind- 
pipe through  mismanagement,  give  this  remedy  and  Calcarea 
phos.  alternately. 

Calcarea  phos. — Diphtheritic  exudation  spreading  to  the 
trachea.  Such  a  complication  is  very  rare  when  the  Tissue 
Remedies  are  used  exclusively.  A  white  speck  or  patch  re- 
mains after  the  main  exudation  has  come  off. 

Kali  phos. — In  the  well-marked,  malignant,  gangrenous 
condition,  patient  exhausted,  prostrate.  Also  for  the  after- 
effects of  diphtheria,  such  as  weakness  of  sight,  nasal  speech 
or  paralysis  in  any  part  of  the  body,  squinting,  etc.  The  putrid 
character  is  well  marked,  as  seen  by  the  putrid-smelling  odor 
from  mouth. 

Natrum  mur. — Diphtheria,  if  the  face  be  puffy  and  pale  with 
heavy  drowsiness ;  watery  stools,  flow  of  saliva  or  vomiting  of 
watery  fluid.  Dryness  of  the  tongue,  stertorous  breathing,  etc. 
The  use  of  Natrum  mur.  must  be  discontinued  with  the  dis- 
appearance of  these  symptoms. 

Natrum  phos. — Diphtheritic  throat,  falsely  so  called  (not 
true),  when  the  tonsils  are  covered  with  a  yellow,  creamy 
coating,  and  the  back  part  of  the  roof  of  the  mouth  looks 
creamy-yellow  ;  the  coating  of  the  tongue  is  moist,  creamy  or 
gold  colored. 

Natrum  sulph. — In  diphtheria  as  an  intercurrent  remedy 
where  there  is  vomiting  of  green  matter  or  water,  and  the 
peculiar  welling-up  of  mucus  from  the  stomach. 

Note. — Under  no  circumstances  should  other  remedies, 
such  as  lime  water,  carbolic  acid,  iced  water,  etc.,  be  used 
along  with  these  remedies,  because  they  may  interfere  with 
the  proper  action  of  these  salts.     (Schiissler.) 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Fully  developed  case  of  diphtheria  with  the  characteristic  glandular  en- 
largement, tonsils,  uvula  and  entire  soft  palate  were  covered  with  a  thick, 
diphtheritic  exudation.     Deglutition  was  attended  with  great  pain  and  ac- 


DIPHTHERIA.  179 

companied  with  the  utmost  effort,  and  there  was  exceeding  prostration. 
Kali  mur.6  every  two  hours.  The  following  day  there  was  a  marked  im- 
provement, and  in  four  days  every  vestige  of  the  throat  trouble  had  disap- 
peared, and  the  child  recovered  rapidly  under  Calcarea  phos.  (W.  M.  Pratt, 
M.  D.,  North  American  Journal  of  Homoeopathy,  May,  1883.) 

Last  summer  I  had  a  case  of  diphtheria  that  was  a  little  out  of  the  usual 
order.  I  saw  the  case  on  Saturday,  July  21.  It  looked  like  a  simple  ulcer- 
ated sore  throat,  and  I  prescribed  Calc.  sulp/i.  and  told  the  mother  that  if 
she  was  not  better  in  the  afternoon  to  let  me  know.  When  I  got  home, 
about  four  o'clock,  she  and  her  father  were  at  my  office.  I  found  her  quite 
feverish  and  her  speech  considerably  muffled.  I  examined  her  throat  care- 
fully and  found  a  distinct  grayish  patch  on  each  tonsil.  I  now  prescribed 
Ferrum  phos.  and  Kali  mur.  in  alternation.  About  nine  o'clock  I  called 
and  found  that  she  was  evidently  not  relieved  in  any  way  whatever.  She 
now  complained  of  something  continually  coming  into  her  throat.  I  thought 
perhaps  it  was  waterbrash  and  gave  a  few  doses  of  Natrum  phos.,  but  to  no 
effect.  Continued  the  first  remedies  through  the  night.  The  next  morning 
much  worse.  The  membrane  had  spread  considerably  and  the  tonsils  were 
much  enlarged.  The  rising  of  mucus  in  the  throat  continued.  Saw  her 
three  times  on  Sunday.  Gave  her  lower  potencies.  Left  her  at  night  on  3X. 
Monday  morning  the  mother  met  me  with  tears  in  her  eyes  and  wanted  to 
know  if  I  had  not  better  call  another  physician.  Found  her  very  ill  indeed. 
It  flashed  upon  me  that  the  constant  welling-up  of  mucus  in  the  throat  is  a 
symptom  of  Natrum  sulph.  I  consequently  gave  it  alone  in  the  200  (B  & 
T. )  potency,  and  in  a  few  hours  there  was  a  decided  change  for  the  better. 
In  a  few  days  she  was  well.     (E.  H.  H.) 

In  fourteen  cases  of  diphtheria  the  biochemic  measures  left  nothing  better 
to  be  desired,  Kali  mur.  rapidly  making  a  change,  the  whitish-gray  exuda- 
tion being  diminished,  shrivelling  and  coming  away  with  the  gargle  and 
mouth-wash  made  with  Kali  mur.,  also  occasional  doses  of  Ferrum  phos. 
The  treatment  worked  splendidly.  In  three  cases  the  patients  labored  under 
prostration  from  the  first,  and  Kali  phos.  had  to  be  given  intercurrently;  in 
two  cases  Natrum  mur.  alternately  with  Kali  mur.,  the  chief  remedy.  In 
the  latter  cases  there  existed  considerable  running  of  saliva,  heavy  drowsi- 
ness and  watery  stools.  No  secondary  affections  resulted,  such  as  frequently 
arise  under  ordinary  treatment,  as  paralysis,  defective  vision,  or  neuralgia. 
(M.  D.  W.) 

Case  from  the  practice  of  Schiissler:  In  a  village  a  few  miles  from  the 
town  of  Oldenberg,  a  child  was  taken  ill  with  diphtheria,  which  at  an  early 
stage  was  complicated  by  an  affection  of  the  larynx.  The  child  was  treated 
by  the  ordinary  method  and  died.  Almost  at  the  same  time  a  child  of  an- 
other family  in  the  village  was  attacked  by  diphtheria  with  the  same  com- 
plication. The  father  of  the  latter  child  came  to  me.  I  prescribed  Kali 
mur.  for  the  disease  in  the  first  instance,  and  Calcarea  phos.  for  the  affec- 
tion of  the  larynx,  to  be  taken  alternately.  I  requested  the  father  to  inform 
me  without  fail  of  the  result,  which  he  promised  to  do.  Two  days  after  I 
received  a  letter  from  him,  in  which  he  informed  me  that  the  child  had 
completely  recovered. 


180  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

In  diphtheria  (maligna),  -where  every  known  remedy  failed,  Kali  phos. 
and  Kali  mur.  with,  and  sometimes  without,  Natrum  mur.  effected  subsi- 
dence of  malignity,  and  hastened  the  cure. 

In  paralysis  after  diphtheria,  I  know  of  no  better  remedy  than  Kali  phos. 
(Dr.  F.  from  Schiissler.) 

The  following  cases  are  of  interest,  as  showing  the  action  of  Ferrum 
phos.  in  diphtheria: 

i.  Young  lady  with  sore  throat,  tonsils  swollen  moderately  and  quite  red, 
a  little  feverish.  Ferrum  phos.30  every  three  hours  for  a  day  and  a  half, 
then  paused,  being  better.  Became  worse  and  sent  for  me.  Diphtheritic 
membrane  covered  the  right  tonsil.  Ferrum  phos?0,  as  before.  The  next 
day  the  membrane  was  nearly  all  gone,  swelling  and  redness  were  better. 
Continued  prescription  every  four  hours.  The  following  day  only  a  slight 
vestige  of  the  membrane  remained.  Medicine  given  less  often,  and  the  next 
day  was  perfectly  well. 

2.  Boy,  set.  5,  febrile  state,  glistening,  flushed  eyes,  red  cheeks,  tonsils 
red  and  swollen,  especially  the  right,  on  which  was  a  tuftlike  exudation 
about  its  centre  and  about  one-quarter  inch  in  diameter,  hanging  down,  the 
upper  attachment  looking  blackish  next  to  the  tonsils;  fetid  breath.  Fer- 
rum phos?0.  The  next  day  the  tonsil  was  clear,  but  a  similar  exudation  ap- 
peared on  the  posterior  wall  of  the  pharynx;  continued  the  same  remedy 
every  four  hours;  the  following  day  he  was  well.  (J.  C.  Morgan,  M.  D., 
Hahnemannian  Monthly,  vol.  vii.) 

DIZZINESS. 

When  it  occurs  in  nervous  subjects  who,  without  having 
any  active  symptoms  of  dyspepsia,  do  not  well  assimilate  the 
nutritive  portion  of  the  food.  Calcarea  phos.  ix,  given  after 
meals,  will  be  found  useful.     (C.  R.  Fleury.) 

DROPSICAL  AFFECTIONS. 

Kali  mur. — Dropsy  arising  from  heart,  liver  or  kidney  affec- 
tions, when  the  prominent  characteristic  symptoms  of  this 
remedy  are  present.  Dropsy  from  obstruction  of  bile  ducts 
and  enlargement  of  the  liver.  There  is  generally  a  white- 
coated  tongue.  Dropsy  from  weakness  of  the  heart  (in  alter- 
nation with  Kali  pkos.).  Dropsy,  with  palpitation.  Dropsy 
in  which  the  liquid  drawn  off  is  whitish,  or  white  mucus  is 
deposited  in  the  urine.  Persistent  white  coating  on  the 
tongue.     Hydrocele. 

Natrum  sulph. — Simple  dropsy  invading  the  areolar  tissues 


DROPSICAL   AFFECTIONS.  l8l 

of  the  body.  Preputial  oedema  or  scrotal  oedema.  Gjdema 
of  internal  as  well  as  external  parts. 

Natrum  mur. — Dropsy  and  dropsical  swellings  of  any  of 
the  subcutaneous  areolar  tissues  of  the  body.  Anasarca. 
Preputial  or  scrotal  oedema. 

Ferrum  phos. — Dropsy  from  loss  of  blood  or  draining  of 
the  system,  alternately  with  Calcarea phos. 

Calcarea  phos. — Dropsy  from  non-assimilation.  Anaemia 
or  loss  of  blood  or  vital  fluids.     Hydrops  genu. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Dropsy  caused  by  heart  disease,  dilata- 
tion of  any  of  the  cavities.     Hydrocele  of  long  standing. 

Kali  sulph. — Post-scarlatinal  dropsy. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Scarlatinal  dropsy  in  a  child,  set  4;  Digital.,  Apis,  Arsen.  and  Apoc. 
failed.  Quantity  of  urine  voided  in  twenty-four  hours  was  very  scanty,  and 
during  the  past  forty-eight  hours  had  ceased  entirely.  The  patient  was  fear- 
fully anasarcous.  Reclining  position  was  impossible.  Natrum  mur.6  every 
two  hours.  In  twenty-four  hours  the  child  voided  two  quarts  of  urine  and 
a  speedy  recovery  followed.     (W.  M.  Pratt,  M.  D. ) 

Dr.  Goullon,  Jr.,  who  used  Kali  mur.  with  much  success  in  a  swelling  of 
the  feet  and  lower  extremities,  adds  the  following  particular  indications  for 
its  use:  The  remedy  in  question  appears  indicated  in  chronic  persistent 
swelling  of  the  feet  and  lower  limbs,  when  the  swelling  is  soft  at  first,  after- 
wards becoming  hard  to  the  touch,  without  pain  or  redness.  It  is,  however, 
itchy;  and  at  one  stage  may  be  termed  snowy-white  and  shining.  Lastly, 
the  swelling  becomes  less  perceptible  in  the  morning  than  in  the  evening, 
but  may  acquire  such  dimensions  as  to  cause  great  tension,  with  a  feeling  as 
if  it  would  burst. 

A  little  girl,  aet.  9,  had  recovered  from  diphtheria  and  scarlatina  rather 
easily,  and  was  allowed  to  be  in  the  convalescent  room.  Suddenly  she 
began  to  swell  without  any  apparent  cause.  Her  face  became  puffy;  the 
feet  also  cedematous  to  above  the  ankle.  Urine  scarcely  decreased,  contain- 
ing no  albumen.  No  pain  over  the  kidneys  on  pressure.  Pulse  somewhat 
feverish,  but  appetite,  sleep  and  stools  still  natural.  I  gave  three  different 
medicines — amongst  these,  Aconite — without  success.  Dropsy  (anasarca  et 
ascites)  was  increasing  rapidly;  urine  scanty;  only  very  small  quantities  oc- 
casionally, being  slightly  turbid  and  containing  much  albumen.  Whether 
any  epithelial  sheathings  were  present  was  not  ascertained.  Kidneys  were 
now  more  sensitive  to  pressure.  Occasionally  delirious.  Natrum  mur. 
alone  cured  this  case  in  about  a  fortnight.     (Dr.  Cohn,  from  Schiissler. ) 


1 82  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

DYSENTERY. 

Kali  mur. — Intense  pain  in  the  abdomen,  cutting  as  from 
knives,  calls  to  stool  every  few  minutes,  with  tenesmus,  ex- 
torting cries,  purging  with  slimy,  sanious  stools.  In  most 
cases  this  remedy  with  Ferrum  phos.  cures. 

Ferrum  phos. — If  affection  begins  with  violent  fever,  this, 
with  the  foregoing  remedy,  usually  suffices  for  a  cure.  If 
pain  is  dependent  on  inflammation  making  no  intervals  and 
increased  by  pressure.     Never  useful  if  tenesmus  is  present. 

Kali  phos. — When  the  stool  consists  of  blood  only,  and  the 
patient  becomes  delirious,  abdomen  swollen,  or  when  stools 
have  a  putrid  odor.  Putrid,  very  offensive  stools,  and  great 
dryness  of  the  tongue.  Prolapsus  recti.  Tenesmus  after 
stools. 

Magnesia  phos. — Crampy  pains  eased  by  bending  double, 
by  warmth,  friction  or  pressure.  Tenesmus  and  tormina, 
with  constant  desire  to  pass  water  and  go  to  stool.  Pains  in 
rectum  with  every  stool  as  from  a  prolonged  spasm  of  muscles. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Stools  purulent,  sanious  (mixed  with 
blood),  especially  in  cases  that  persist  after  Kali  mur. 

Natrum  sulph. — If  bilious  symptoms  are  present. 

CLINICAL,  CASES. 

Dr.  E.  H.  Holbrook  reports  a  case  of  dysentery  which  was  greatly  relieved 
by  Calcarea  sulph.  cm.  Turning  into  a  bilious  diarrhoea,  Natrum  sulph. 
cured. 

Lady  complaining  of  extreme  tenesmus  and  tormina,  and  constant  desire 
to  pass  water  and  go  to  stool.  Every  time  this  pain  came  on,  must  rise  and 
bend  forward,  and  the  only  relief  obtained  was  from  hot  water.  Magnes. 
phos.  2c.  every  15  minutes  cured  third  dose.     (Dr.  Reed.) 

In  treating  a  case  of  dysentery  lately  I  was  at  my  wits'  end  to  control  the 
terrible  pain  in  defecation.  Merc.  cor.  suited  the  case  well,  and  the  stools 
were  growing  less  frequent,  but  the  pain  was  increasing,  being  so  severe  as 
to  cause  fainting.  Something  had  to  be  done  if  I  held  my  case.  The  pain 
in  the  rectum  and  abdomen  was  very  severe,  more  in  rectum  than  abdomen. 
The  tenesmus  was  like  a  prolonged  spasm  of  the  muscles  employed  in  defe- 
cation. I  exhibited  "  Schiissler's  "  Magnes.  phos.  in  hot  water.  A  hypo- 
dermic of  morphia  could  hardly  have  acted  quicker.  The  pain  was  almost 
entirely  relieved  by  the  first  dose.  The  whole  condition  changed  for  the 
better,  and  I  discharged  my  case  the  next  day.     In  all  my  experience  I 


DYSMENORRHEA.  1 83 

never  had  a  more  prompt  or  pleasing  result.  Magnes.  phos.  is  a  grand 
antispasmodic,  and  fully  as  reliable  as  our  more  frequently  used  remedies. 
I  was  led  to  think  of  it  for  my  case  of  dysentery  by  a  statemenl  made  to  me 
by  Dr.  E.  E.  Snyder,  of  Binghampton,  N.  Y.  He  gave  it  with  equally  as 
prompt  results  in  spasmodic  tenesmus  vesicae  occurring  in  a  case  of  cystitis 
resulting  from  gonorrhoea.  It  certainly  did  me  great  service.  (H.  K. 
Leonard,  M.  D. ) 

DYSMENORRHEA. 

See  also  Menstruation,  and  Women,  Diseases  of 

Calcarea  phos. — When  during  puberty  the  patient  has  not 
been  careful,  with  consequent  dysmenorrhoea.  Nympho- 
mania. L,abor-like  pains  before  and  during  catamenia,  with 
violent  backache,  vertigo,  sexual  excitement  and  throbbing 
headache. 

Ferrum  phos. — Pain  at  the  monthly  periods,  with  flushed 
face  and  quick  pulse,  with  vomiting  of  undigested  food,  some- 
times acid  taste.  To  be  taken  also  as  a  preventive  before  the 
periods  if  these  symptoms  are  recurrent.  Excessive  congestion 
at  the  monthly  periods,  blood  bright-red,  the  vagina  dry  and 
sensitive. 

Kali  phos. — Great  pain  at  the  time  of  menses  in  pale,  lach- 
rymose, irritable,  sensitive  females. 

Magnesia  phos. — The  chief  remedy  in  ordinary  cases  of 
menstrual  colic,  painful  menstruation  or  pain  preceding  the 
flow.  Warmth  is  soothing ;  neuralgic,  cramping  pains,  worse 
by  motion.    Membranous  dysmenorrhoea. 

Natrum  mur. — Menses  scanty  and  dark,  preceded  by  frontal 
headaches  ;  often  subject  to  fever-blisters  on  lips,  and  during 
summer  to  urticarious  eruptions.  Sore  burning  in  vagina 
and  cutting-burning  in  the  womb.  Great  melancholy.  Also, 
too  profuse  and  too  early,  with  bursting  headache,  and  fre- 
quent shivering. 

Natrum  sulph. — With  colic,  menses  acrid.  Pinching  in 
abdomen,  early  in  the  morning.  Violent  epistaxis.  Vulvitis. 
Trembling  or  twitching  of  the  hands  and  languor  of  feet. 

Silicea. — With  great  coldness.  Icy  coldness  of  the  whole 
body  from  the  commencement  of  the  flow.     Vagina  sensitive. 


1 84  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

Miss  N.,  aged  19,  troubled  with  pains  before  and  during  the  first  day  or  so 
of  the  flow,  which  would  confine  her  to  bed.  Plethoric,  robust  and  perfectly 
well  in  every  other  way.  Several  ten  grain  powders  of  Ferrum  phos. ,  to  be 
given  in  hot  water  every  half  hour  until  the  pain  was  relieved,  which  oc- 
curred after  the  third  powder,  and  then  to  continue  the  powders  in  water 
every  other  night  before  retiring  during  the  next  interval  with  a  hot  saline 
sitz  bath  at  least  once  a  week  at  night.  The  menses  came  all  right  and  have 
been  coming  ever  since  with  no  return  of  pain  and  perfect  regularity. — F. 
D.  Bittinger,  M.  D.,  Dayton,  O. 

J.  T.  Kent  reports  a  case  of  dysmenorrhcea  of  years'  standing,  cured  by 
Calcarea  phos.  in  two  months. — Homeopathic  Physician,  1884. 

Dr.  R.  D.  Belding  [N.  Y.  St.  Trans.)  reports  a  case  of  dysmenorrhcea,  of 
years'  standing,  characterized  by  pain  and  soreness  in  left  hypochondrium 
going  through  to  right  scapula,  worse  lying  on  left  side,  with  headache  and 
diarrhoea.  Patient  feels  best  in  cool,  dry  weather,  every  summer  has  urti- 
carious  eruptions.  Dreams  of  robbers,  has  frequent  cold  sores  on  upper  lip. 
Natrum.  mur.m  cured. 

Dr.  D.  B.  Whittier  (in  Hahnemannian  Monthly,  July,  1887)  reports  sev- 
eral  cases  of  dysmenorrhcea  cured  with  Kali  phos.  and  Magnesia  phos. 

Dr.  A.  P.  Davis  relates  a  case  of  dysmenorrhcea  with  severe  pains  in 
uterus,  back  and  lower  limbs;  heat  applied  to  abdomen  did  not  relieve;  a 
large  dose  of  Magnes  phos.  6x  lessened  the  pain  in  one-half  hour;  another 
dose  brought  on  a  free  flow.  The  pain  usually  lasted  several  hours  previous 
to  flowing.  The  remedy  was  given  as  a  preventive  during  several  subse- 
quent months  with  good  effect,  and  the  patient  finally  cured.  Dr.  Davis 
regards  Magnes.  phos.  superior  to  Cimicifiiga  in  neuralgia  of  the  uterus  and 
in  the  relief  of  menstrual  pains,  and  as  very  useful  in  uterine  engorgement, 
and  gives  a  case  of  menorrhagia  cured  with  the  6x. 

Kali  phos.  in  Dysmenorrhcea. — Dr.  D.  B.  Whittier  reports  the  cure  of 
a  dysmenorrhcea  of  fifteen  years'  standing  (in  a  highly  neurotic  and  hysteri- 
cal woman)  by  a  course  of  Kali  phos.  continuing  over  six  months,  after  allo- 
pathic medicines,  and  apparently  indicated  homoeopathic  medicines  had 
failed.  Some  of  the  symptoms  were:  the  mammae  were  so  painful  that  the 
touch  of  her  clothing  was  unbearable.  The  menstrual  pains  were  cramp- 
like, with  severe  bearing  down  in  the  hypogastrium,  and  most  severe  after 
the  flow  commenced.  When  the  suffering  was  most  intense  a  sharp,  shoot- 
ing pain  would  extend  from  the  hypogastrium  to  the  epigastrium,  followed 
by  a  sensation  as  if  something  were  flowing  up  to  the  stomach,  and  imme- 
diately succeeded  by  a  vomiting  of  bile  or  frothy,  acid  substances,  sometimes 
streaked  with  blood.  The  vomiting  would  relieve  the  painful  distress  of  the 
stomach,  when  the  uterine  pains  would  be  increased  and  sometimes  con- 
tinue for  twenty-four  hours.  A  headache,  at  first  general,  soon  settled  over 
the  left  eye.  When  the  headache  was  severe  the  pains  elsewhere  were  less- 
ened, and  vice  versa.  The  first  menstrual  period  following  the  administra- 
tion of  the  Kali  phos.  was  comparatively  comfortable. — Horn.  Journal  of 
Obstetrics,  November. 


EAR,   DISEASES  OF.  1 85 

Dysmenorrhcea  that  had  lasted  for  some  time  in  which  at  each  menstrual 
period  a  membrane  was  discharged,  varying  in  size  from  one  to  two  inches 
long.  The  pains  came  on  after  the  flow  began,  in  the  abdomen  low  down, 
and  were  relieved  by  lying  curled  up  in  bed  with  a  hot  water  bag  on  the  ab- 
domen. The  pains  would  last  for  a  day — dull,  aching — and  next  day,  or  day 
after  a  membrane  would  be  passed.  I  gave  her  after  one  of  her  menstrual 
periods  Magnes.  phos.  cm.,  one  dose  dry.  The  next  menstruation  was  easier 
somewhat,  but  not  much.  Magnes.  phos.  in  water  for  two  days,  night  and 
morning,  and  the  next  menstrual  period  was  painless,  though  she  passed  the 
membrane  as  before.  After  that  the  menses  were  perfectly  painless.  (Dr. 
Campbell,  in  Proceedings  of  Hahnemannian  Association,  1889.) 

I  had  a  patient  with  very  severe  shooting  neuralgic  pains  during  the  men- 
strual period.  The  pains  were  in  the  stomach  and  lasted  the  first  day  or 
two.  Commenced  in  the  back  and  came  directly  around  and  centred  in  the 
pit  of  the  stomach.  They  were  relieved  by  heat  and  pressure.  Magnes. 
phos.  10m.,  one  dose,  and  she  had  no  more  pain.     (J.  T.  Kent,  M.  D.) 

A  most  instructive  case  of  membranous  dysmenorrhcea  cured  with  Mag- 
nesia phos.  4x  was  recently  reported  in  the  ' '  Homoeopathic  World. ' '  It  was 
a  case  of  several  years'  standing  and  the  cure  was  complete. 

EAR,  DISEASES  OF. 

Ferrum  phos. — Inflammatory  earache  from  cold,  with  burn- 
ing, throbbing  pain.  Sensitive  to  noise.  Congestive  stage  of 
otitis.  Earache,  with  sharp,  stitching  pain.  Noises  in  the 
ears,  arising  through  blood-pressure  from  relaxed  conditions 
of  the  vessels  not  returning  the  blood  properly.  Inflammatory 
conditions,  radiating  pains,  sensitiveness,  especially  in  affec- 
tions of  the  ear  in  anaemic  subjects.  A  clinical  symptom  is  : 
"  Noticeable  pulsation  in  the  ear  ;  every  impulse  of  the  heart 
is  felt  here,  beating  in  the  ear  and  head ;  the  pulse  can  be 
counted."  (Houghton.)  Chronic,  non-suppurative  catarrh  of 
the  middle  ear,  where  the  membrana  tympani  is  thickened, 
and  there  is  probably  anchylosis  of  the  small  bones. 

The  following  are  also  indications  for  its  use :  "  1.  A  marked 
tendency  for  the  inflammatory  process  to  be  diffused  instead 
of  circumscribed.  2.  Dark,  beefy  redness  of  the  parts.  3.  A 
muco-purulent  discharge  and  a  tendency  to  hemorrhage.  4. 
The  complete  establishment  of  the  discharge  is  not  followed 
by  the  relief  of  the  pain.  5.  The  paroxysmal  character  of  the 
pain."  (Wanstall,  American  Institute  Transactions,  1886,  p. 
389.)     Also,  the  absence  of  exudation,  the  radiating  pains 


1 86  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

and  sensitiveness,  and  the  general  anaemic  and  debilitated 
condition  of  the  patient.  Deafness  from  inflammatory  action, 
or  suppuration,  when  there  are  cutting  pains,  tension,  throb- 
bing or  heat,  tinnitus  aurium  from  excessive  flow  of  blood  to 
the  part.  Inflammation  of  the  drum,  especially  when  the 
membrane  is  dry,  and  its  vessels  engorged.  Diffuse  inflam- 
mation of  the  external  auditory  canal  and  acute  affections  of 
middle  ear.  (H.  C.  F.)  Catarrhal  affections  of  Eustachian 
tubes.  "  For  earache  after  exposure  to  cold  or  wet  I  have  no 
better  remedy.     (R.  S.  Copeland.) 

Kali  mur. — Earache,  with  white  or  gray-furred  tongue  and 
swelling  of  the  glands,  swelling  of  the  throat.  Eustachian 
tubes  swell,  cracking  noise  in  the  ear  when  swallowing.  Deaf- 
ness from  swelling  of  the  Eustachian  tubes.  It  is  also  the 
principal  remedy  for  deafness  from  swelling  of  the  external 
ear.  Deafness  with  swelling  of  the  glands  or  cracking  noises 
on  blowing  the  nose,  tongue  white.  Chronic  dermatitis. 
Moist  exfoliation  of  the  epithelial  layer  of  the  tympanum. 
In  ulcerations,  where  pus  is  whitish ;  granular  conditions  of 
meatus  and  of  membrana  tympani ;  excessive  granulations. 
"  One  of  the  most  effective  remedies  we  have  ever  used  for 
chronic  catarrhal  inflammation  of  the  middle  ear,  especially 
the  form  designated  'proliferous.'  Stuffy  sensation,  subjective 
sounds,  deafness,  naso-pharyngeal  obstruction,  granular  phar- 
yngitis, closed  Eustachian  tubes,  retracted  membrana  tym- 
pani, etc.,  walls  of  external  meatus  atrophied.  Seems  to 
affect  more  decidedly  the  right  Eustachian  tube.  In  chronic 
suppuration  it  reduces  proliferation,  checks  granulation  and 
hastens  repair."     (H.  C.  Houghton.) 

"  Kali  mur.  is  chiefly  suited  to  the  second  or  later  stages  of 
catarrhal  states  of  the  naso-pharynx  and  Eustachian  tube 
which,  by  continuity  of  the  mucous  membrane,  extend  to  the 
cavity  of  the  middle  ear  itself.  The  condition  of  the  pharynx, 
as  seen  by  simple  inspection,  is  that  of  a  thickened  mucous 
membrane,  with  inflammation  present  in  subacute  or  chronic 
form  and  usually  centering  around  the  follicles,  giving  a 
coarsely  granular  appearance  to  the  surface.     It  is  not  so 


EAR,    DISEASES  OF.  187 

much  an  intensely  red  membrane  as  one  paler  in  appearance 
which  indicates  its  use,  as  if  the  more  active  hypertrophic 
condition  were  passing  over  into  a  less  active  or  passive 
atrophic  state.  The  presence  of  small  spots  of  whitish  exu- 
dation would  be  a  further  indication  for  its  selection,  and  also 
the  condition  of  the  tongue  if  coated  white  or  gray.  The 
accompanying  nasal  condition  is  characterized  by  swelling  of 
the  lining  membrane,  obstruction,  and  thick,  yellow  dis- 
charge, or  later  on  by  thick,  whitish  mucus.  Its  use  is  said 
to  lessen  susceptibility  to  these  catarrhal  states. 

"  This  same  condition  extending  up  into  the  Eustachian 
tube  gives  rise  to  such  thickening  of  the  lining  membrane 
that  the  tube,  for  a  time,  is  partially  and  sometimes  wholly 
occluded.  The  aural  symptoms  resulting  from  this  condition 
of  the  tube  are  well  understood,  consisting  of  deafness  of  vary- 
ing degree,  subjective  noises  in  corresponding  degree,  and 
those  sometimes  startling  and  disagreeable  snappings  in  the 
ear  which  arise  from  the  sudden  partial  opening  of  the  tube 
during  deglutition,  whereby  the  air  is  allowed  to  rush  forcibly 
through  the  tube  into  the  tympanic  cavity,  relieving  thus  the 
partial  vacuum  which  always  ensues  when  the  tympanum 
becomes  a  closed  cavity,  and  rarification  of  the  contained  air 
takes  place.  Of  course,  if  specular  examination  be  made  at 
such  times,  more  or  less  retraction  of  the  tympanic  membrane 
will  be  visible.  In  this  condition  of  the  tube  the  remedy 
applies  less  to  those  states  which  are  recent  and  acute  than  to 
their  later  effects,  or  to  the  less  active  forms  of  inflammation 
from  the  outset,  and  its  action  is  said  to  be  greater  upon  the 
Eustachian  tube  of  the  right  side  than  upon  that  of  the  left. 

"  In  the  tympanic  cavity  itself  the  process  of  slow  prolifera- 
tion, with  interstitial  thickening  and  consequent  slowly  pro- 
gressing deafness,  with  or  without  subjective  noises,  and  with- 
out pain,  seems  to  constitute  the  indication  for  this  remedy. 
It  is  also  especially  useful  at  the  termination  of  more  active 
and  painful  attacks,  to  clear  up  the  remains  of  inflammation 
and  prevent,  as  far  as  possible,  its  evil  effect  in  inducing 
thickenings  in  the  tympanic  mucous  membrane  and  perma- 


1 88  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

nent  changes  in  the  delicate  structures  contained  within  the 
tympanic  cavity.  In  suppurative  disease  of  the  ear  this 
remedy  is  less  frequently  required  than  for  the  catarrhal  pro- 
cess, but  in  cases  where  granulation  is  excessive  it  is  some- 
times employed  to  check  the  exuberance  of  their  growth  and 
favor  resolution,  while  its  usefulness  at  the  termination  of 
suppurative  attacks  in  the  middle  ear  has  been  found  very 
great  in  modifying  those  tendencies  to  adhesions  which  con- 
stitute one  of  their  chief  dangers. 

"  Finally,  in  the  external  ear  the  use  of  this  remedy  has 
been  hitherto  comparatively  infrequent,  its  indications  being 
chiefly  a  dry  and  scaly  proliferation  of  the  epidermis  of  the 
external  meatus,  with  tendency  to  atrophy  of  the  walls.  A 
swollen  condition  of  the  glands  about  the  ear,  the  angle  of  the 
jaw,  and  the  neck  would  further  indicate  its  selection. 

"  My  own  experience  with  Kali  mur.  has  been  largely  con- 
fined to  chronic  catarrhal  conditions  of  the  middle  ear,  and 
after  keeping  a  careful  record  of  its  action  in  nearly  two  hun- 
dred of  these  cases,  in  private  practice,  I  am  convinced  that  it 
is  one  of  the  most  useful  agents  we  possess  in  their  treatment. 
It  will  even  aid  us  efficiently  in  holding  in  check  many  of 
those  inveterate  cases  of  years'  standing  which  go  persistently 
from  bad  to  worse  upon  the  slightest  provocation,  and  which 
no  man  living  can  hope  to  cure.  Its  most  satisfactory  results 
are  obtained  in  those  cases  which  may  have  been  gradually 
progressing  for  months,  or  even  for  two  or  three  years,  but 
which  have  not  yet  given  rise  to  those  permanent  tissue 
changes  which  are  sure  to  follow  in  the  later  course  of  the 
disease."  (Prof.  H.  P.  Bellows,  M.  D.)  Otitis  externa,  with 
thickening  and  narrowing  of  the  meatus  and  thin,  flaky  dis- 
charge from  ear. 

'•'•Kali  mur.  favors  the  opening  of  the  Eustachian  tube. 
After  its  use  inflation  becomes  easy."  (R.  S.  C.) 

Natrum  mur. — Deafness  from  swelling  of  the  tympanic 
cavity,  with  watery  conditions.  Roaring  in  the  ears,  tongue 
covered  with  bubbles,  saliva  profuse,  etc.     Catarrh  of  tym- 


EAR,   DISEASES  OF.  1 89 

panic  cavity  and  Eustachian  tube,  purulent  discharge  from 
ears.     Itching  and  burning  in  the  ear.     Stitches  in  the  ear. 

Kali  phos. — Dulness  of  hearing  with  noises  in  the  head. 
Deafness  from  want  of  nerve  perception,  noises  in  the  head 
with  weakness  and  confusion.  Itching  in  the  auditory  canal; 
hearing  supersensitive,  cannot  bear  any  noise.  Weakness, 
general  exhaustion  of  the  nerves  or  nervous  system.  "  Ulcer- 
ation of  the  membrana  tympani,  suppuration  of  the  middle 
ear,  pus  being  watery,  dirty,  brownish  and  very  fetid.  Ulcer- 
ation angry,  bleeding  easily,  showing  little  tendency  to  gran- 
ulate or  secrete  laudable  pus.  It  is  especially  valuable  in  old 
people.  Atrophic  conditions  in  old  people,  tissues  dry  up, 
become  scaly,  showing  lack  of  vitality."  (Houghton.)  If  the 
humming  and  buzzing  in  ears  are  not  removed  by  Kali  phos., 
though  indicated,  follow  with  Magnes.  phos. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Discharge  of  matter  from  the  ear,  some- 
times mixed  with  blood.  Deafness  with  middle  ear  suppura- 
tions, swelling  of  gland,  etc.  Sensitive  swellings  behind  ear, 
with  tendency  to  suppuration. 

Calcarea  phos. — Cold  feeling  of  outer  ears.  The  bones 
around  the  ear  ache  and  hurt.  Earache  with  rheumatic  com- 
plaints, associated  with  swollen  glands  in  scrofulous  children. 
Chronic  otorrhoeas  in  children  associated  with  painful  denti- 
tion. (H.  C.  F.) 

Magnesia  phos. — Deafness  or  dulness  of  hearing  from  dis- 
eases of  the  auditory  nerve-fibres.  It  supplements  Kali  mur. 
Proliferous  disease  of  the  middle  ear.  (Dr.  Rounds.)  Otalgia, 
purely  nervous  in  character. 

Kali  sulph. — Earache  with  secretion  of  thick,  yellow,  or 
greenish  fluid  after  inflammation.  Sharp,  cutting  pain  under 
the  ears.  Stitches,  tensive  and  piercing  pain  below  the  mas- 
toid process.  Discharge  of  watery  matter  or  yellow  pus. 
Throat  deafness  with  catarrh,  causing  swelling  of  Eustachian 
lining  and  middle  ear,  with  yellow,  watery  discharge  and  yel- 
low coating  on  the  tongue.  Deafness  worse  in  a  heated  room. 
Stinking   otorrhoea.     Polypoid    excrescence    closes    meatus. 


190  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

In  suppurative  inflammation  of  the  middle  ear  when  the  dis- 
charge is  thick.  (H.  C.  F.) 

Silicea. — Dulness  of  hearing  with  swelling  and  catarrh  of 
the  Eustachian  tubes  and  of  the  cavity  of  the  tympanum. 
External  ear  inflamed,  swelling  of  the  external  meatus.  Mas- 
toid disease  (see  clinical  case  below).  Oversensitive  to  noise. 
Foul  otorrhoea.  Ears  open  at  times  with  loud  report.  Sup- 
purative otitis  when  discharge  is  thin,  ichorous  and  offensive 
and  attended  with  bone  destruction. 

Natrum  phos.— Ears  sore,  outer  part  covered  with  soft,  thin> 
cream-like  scabbing,  deposit  on  tongue  yellow.  One  ear  red, 
hot,  frequently  itchy,  accompanied  by  gastric  derangement 
and  acidity.     Discharge  of  pus  from  ears. 

Natrum  sulph. — Earache  as  if  something  were  forcing  its 
way  out.  Worse  in  damp  weather.  Ringing  in  ears  as  of 
bells. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Mastoid  disease  when  the  periosteum  is 
affected  rather  than  the  bone  itself.  (Houghton.)  Calcareous 
deposits  on  the  tympani. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Boy,  with  history  of  catarrhal  disease  of  the  ear  of  seven  years'  standingv 
suffers  at  times  pain,  and  has  often  tinnitus;  at  present  suffering  with  a  sub- 
acute attack  of  catarrhal  inflammation  of  middle  ear  with  slight  pain.  Fer- 
rurn  phos.  relieved  this;  the  next  time  he  was  seen  there  still  remained 
closure  of  the  Eustachian  tube;  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  pharynx  was 
pale.     Kali  mur.  entirely  removed  this,  and  normal  hearing  returned. 

A  boy,  set.  15,  had  an  ear  trouble  of  twelve  years'  standing,  and  suffered 
from  suppuration  of  the  middle  ear,  resulting  from  scarlet  fever.  At  present 
both  ears  are  inflamed;  no  pain,  but  has  subjective  noises,  hearing  greatly 
diminished,  pus  fills  the  meatus,  Eustachian  tube  is  dilatable,  right  mem- 
brana  tympani  is  granular  and  left  perforated,  pharynx  thick.  Calcarea 
sulph.  commenced  at  once  and  continued  to  improve;  the  granular  appear- 
ance of  the  right  membrana  tympani  disappeared,  and  the  improvement  was. 
phenomenal. 

Chronic  suppurative  inflammation  of  the  middle  ear  from  scarlet  fever, 
both  ears  suppurating,  both  canals  filled  with  pus  of  a  dark  color  and  fetid 
in  character.     Kali  phos.  entirely  cured.     (Houghton,  Clinical  Otology.) 

Prof.  Houghton,  in  his  excellent  treatise  on  Clinical  Otology,  presents, 
many  remarkable  cases  illustrative  of  the  action  of  these  remedies.  The- 
above  cases  were  selected  as  those  in  which  no  other  remedies  or  means 


EAR,   DISEASES  OF.  191 

were  employed.  Numerous  cases  of  the  beneficial  action  of  Ferruni  phos.. 
Kali  mur.  and  Calcarea  sulph.  in  aural  practice  can  be  found  in  this  work. 

Acute  inflammation  of  the  middle  ear  commenced  by  a  full  feeling  in  the 
ear  and  dull  hearing.  Pain  occurred  on  performing  Valsalva's  procedure. 
This  condition,  which  grew  rapidly  worse,  continued  for  forty-eight  hours, 
when  the  physician  was  called  and  found  the  following  conditions:  The 
pain  was  paroxysmal,  there  was  a  sensation  of  a  plug  in  the  ear,  membrana 
tympani  injected  and  bulged,  but  no  evidence  of  exudation  in  the  tympanic 
cavity.  Posterior  wall  of  meatus  auditorius  bright  red  in  color,  ear  very 
sensitive  to  manipulation.  Ferritin  phos.  6x,  every  hour.  Improvement 
was  immediate.     Remedy  discontinued  in  forty-eight  hours. 

Mrs.  ,  set.  45,  February  16,  1887.     About  three  years  ago  began  to 

be  troubled  with  pain  and  noises  in  the  left  ear,  aggravated  greatly  at  the 
time  of  the  menses,  the  pain  severe  and  neuralgic  in  character,  extending 
over  the  left  side  of  the  head.  The  noises  seem  to  get  their  character  from 
some  pronounced  sound  which  is  heard,  and  this  persists  sometimes  for 
hours.  For  the  last  six  months  there  has  been  no  further  pain  on  left  side, 
but  deafness  is  constant.  The  right  side  is  now  beginning  to  become  deaf, 
but  with  no  pain  and  no  noises.  This  has  been  going  on  upon  the  right 
side  for  several  months.  General  health  excellent,  with  the  exception  of 
redness,  fulness  and  desire  to  rub  and  pull  the  skin  about  the  neck,  for  a 
few  days  after  the  menses,  with  marked  swelling  of  the  glands  of  the  neck 
at  the  same  time.  This  has  been  noticed  only  during  the  time  that  the  ears 
have  been  troublesome.  The  fork  is  heard  best  on  the  left  side  by  bone  con- 
duction, and  best  on  the  right  side  by  air  conduction.  Meatus  tympani  dry 
and  depressed.  Eustachian  tube  on  the  left  almost  occluded,  on  the  right 
more  free.  Frequent  burning  of  the  auricle  on  the  left  side.  Kali  mur.  6x 
cured.     (H.  P.  Bellows,  M.  D.,  in  N.  E.  Med.  Gaz.,  November,  1889.) 

A  weak,  cachectic  woman  suffered  for  three  or  four  days  from  earache 
and  pain  in  the  right  side  of  the  head.  The  ear  has  been  discharging  for 
three  days,  but  no  mitigation  of  the  pain,  which  is  very  severe  and  radiating 
from  the  ear,  membrana  tympani  beefy  red,  swollen  and  perforated,  dis- 
charge profuse  and  muco-purulent,  meatus  red,  swollen  and  inflamed.  Fer- 
runi phos.  2x  in  water,  every  hour.  In  three  days  was  better  in  everyway, 
discharge  and  pain  less.  A  week  later  all  inflammatory  symptoms  had  dis- 
appeared. 

Dr.  Wanstall  reports  three  other  cases  cured  by  the  use  of  Ferruni  phos. , 
from  the  2x  to  the  i2x  trituration,  with  results  the  most  gratifying,  con- 
trolling the  high  fever,  delirium  and  pain  accompanying  the  acute  middle 
ear  inflammation. —  Transactions  American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy ,  1886, 

P-  398- 

Case  of  a  young  girl,  light  complexion,  scrofulous,  with  brown,  offensive 
secretions  from  the  right  ear.  Polypoid  growth  or  excrescence  closes  the 
meatus  near  the  opening.  For  eight  weeks  she  had  been  entirely  deaf  in 
this  ear,  the  deafness  having  gradually  increased  for  four  months.  Kali 
sulph}"1  given.  In  two  weeks  the  offensiveness  had  entirely  disappeared. 
On  examination  find  polypus  shrivelled  to  a  small,  hard,  black  mass.     The 


192  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

hearing  has  entirely  returned,  with  a  slight,  whizzing  noise.  Every  third 
day  two  doses  were  taken.  This  case  was  entirely  cured.  (W.  P.  Wessel- 
hceft,  M.  D.     From  Hg.) 

Otitis  Externa. — Dr.  Stanley  Wilde  reports  a  case  of  otitis  externa 
with  subsequent  otorrhcea  and  deafness,  the  latter  resisting  several  reme- 
dies as  Merc.  sol. ,  Hydrastis  and  Sulphur.  The  case  presented  a  thickening 
and  narrowing  of  the  meatus,  with  a  thin  flaky  discharge  therefrom,  watch 
hearing  4  in.  Kali  mur.  3X  stopped  the  discharge,  and  the  hearing  became 
normal.  Dr.  Wilde  has  used  this  remedy  with  good  effect  in  Eustachian 
deafness  in  children  from  chronic  enlargement  of  the  tonsils. — Horn. 
Review. 

Dr.  Goullon  reports  a  case  of  an  old  gentleman  who  suffered  greatly  with 
a  buzzing  in  ears,  which  was  made  much  worse  in  the  noisy  street.  The 
patient  had  repeated  attacks  of  inflammatory  rheumatism,  and  the  tinnitus 
was  probably  of  rheumatic  origin.  Mentally  much  depressed.  Difficult 
hearing.  After  a  few  days'  use  of  Kali  phos.6  all  symptoms,  including  the 
mental  condition  and  difficult,  hearing,  permanently  disappeared. — Pop. 
Horn.  Zeitung. 

A  gentleman  wrote  me  the  symptoms  of  otitis  of  a  little  child,  aet.  4 
months,  who  had  a  discharge  from  one  ear  of  an  ichorous,  thin,  offensive 
character,  producing  an  eruption  wherever  the  pus  came  in  contact  with 
the  integument.  I  at  once  sent  Kali phos.  6x,  ordering  it  given  every  six 
hours:  In  three  months  the  running  had  all  ceased,  and  the  hearing  was 
perfect.  I  frequently  use  the  Silicea  in  alternation  with  the  Kali  phos., 
when  the  connective  tissue  is  involved.     (A.  P.  Davis,  M.  D.) 

Another  case  of  "otitis  catarrhalis  internus  "  came  into  my  office  to  see 
me,  after  spending  over  $600  with  the  "regulars."  This  case  was  the  most 
remarkable  that  I  ever  witnessed  or  treated.  The  man  was  a  tall,  slim, 
sanguine,  nervous  specimen  of  the  genus  homo,  rude,  illiterate,  backwoods, 
gawky  looking,  seedy,  cross  between  the  ourang-outang,  monkey,  and 
Chinaman,  but  possessed  of  sensation,  motion  and  reflection,  proving  to 
my  mind  that  he  was  a  man  for  "a' that"  and  "a'  that."  Well,  I  went 
through  the  examination  sufficiently  scrutinizingly  to  ascertain  the  exact 
pathological  condition  of.  the  trouble  I  had  to  meet.  There  was  an  enor- 
mous protuberance  involving  the  whole  mastoid  region,  the  skin  red  and 
glistening,  soft,  pappy,  showing  signs  of  an  induration  and  broken-down 
connective  tissue,  and  the  whole  mass  filled  with  pus,  and  emitting  an 
odor  that  was  as  sickening  as  carrion.  I  at  once  plunged  a  knife  into  the 
mastoid  process,  out  of  which  ran  about  a  half  pint  of  blood  and  pus.  After 
cleausing  the  tumor  with  Eucalyptus  I  bound  up  the  wound,  leaving  in  it 
a  drainage-tube.  I  treated  the  wound  every  day,  putting  him  under  the 
influence  of  Silicea,  a  dose  every  two  hours.  Under  the  treatment  I  had 
the  satisfaction  of  seeing  him  improve  from  day  to  day,  and  in  four  weeks 
the  whole  trouble  ceased.  He  had  no  relapse,  but  the  cure  advanced 
steadily  until  he  was  well.  This  case  was  pronounced  hopeless  by  several 
allopaths.     (A.  P.  Davis,  M.  D.) 

Wm.  McKee,  set.  27,  suffers  from  deafness,  due  to  chronic  non-suppurative 
catarrh  of  the  middle  ear.     While  a  lad,  and  on  to  manhood,  went  out  a 


EAR,   DISEASES  OF.  1 93 

great  deal  at  night  to  dances  and  parties,  where  he  would  dance  and  romp 
until  in  a  great  heat  and  profuse  sweat,  when  he  would  go  out  of  doors  and 
remove  his  coat.  In  this  way  he  would  contract  a  cold,  and  one  cold  after 
another,  until  he  found  himself  a  sufferer  from  chronic  catarrh  of  the  nose 
and  throat,  the  discharge  being  continual  and  very  annoying.  At  this  time 
(about  six  years  ago)  he  noticed  a  noise  commencing  in  his  ears,  and  it 
gradually  increased  until  he  became  aware  of  the  fact  that  his  hearing  was 
damaged.  He  then  commenced  treatment,  and  not  getting  immediate  re- 
lief from  his  first  doctor  he  changed,  and  soon  changed  again,  in  this  way 
going  to  several  doctors,  a  few  of  them  old-school  specialists,  and  then  gave 
up  discouraged,  and  let  the  disease  run  its  course  unhindered.  When  he 
came  to  me  (last  March)  he  said  he  had  been  unable  to  hear  anything  but 
confused  noises,  even  when  the  loudest  tones  were  used  to  accost  him,  for 
five  years.  He  is  of  medium  height,  rather  slender,  with  inclination  to  red 
hair;  has  blue  eyes,  a  fair  complexion,  and  has  a  slightly  anaemic  appear- 
ance. He  describes  the  noise  in  his  ears  as  dull  and  rumbling,  if  he  pays 
no  particular  heed  to  it;  but  if  he  concentrates  his  thoughts  on  it,  he  can 
imagine  that  it  resembles  almost  any  kind  of  a  noise.  One  thing  I  wish  to 
mention  which  was  quite  prominent,  and  quickly  disappeared  under  the 
remedy — viz.,  he  would  be  awakened  in  the  night  by  a  loud  bombing  noise 
and  afterward  be  unable  to  sleep  ' '  for  the  racket  in  his  ears. ' '  There  were 
a  number  of  nervous  symptoms  in  the  case  that  led  me  to  show  him  to  Dr. 
Bartlett:  I.  Slight  melancholia,  would  go  off  alone  and  brood  over  his 
troubles  for  hours.  2.  He  would  stagger  while  he  walked.  I  found  his 
tendopatella  reflex  much  decreased  and  on  standing  with  his  eyes  closed 
he  would  fall  over  in  my  arms,  couldn't  manage  at  best  to  take  three  steps 
forward  with  eyes  closed  without  falling.  I  have  kept  him  pretty  steadily 
on  Ferrum  p/ws.,  and  the  improvement  is  remarkable.  He  can  hear  every 
word  of  the  longest  sentence  by  slightly  raising  the  voice  when  accosting 
him  at  several  feet  away.  The  noises  are  greatly  lessened,  he  sleeps  well, 
and  the  nervous  symptoms  are  fast  disappearing.  I  have  continually  in- 
flated the  middle  ear  by  Politzer  method,  once  a  week.  (Dr.  F.  VV.  Mes- 
serve.) 

Mastoid  Periostitis — Siucea. — Dr.  A.  T.  Sherman,  of  Minnesota,  re- 
ports a  case  of  a  man  who  had  suffered  for  six  days  with  pain  in  mastoid 
region.  On  examination  found  the  membrana  tympani  highly  injected, 
tuning-fork  was  heard  indifferently  on  each  side  when  pressed  against  pari- 
etal bones;  hearing  impaired  on  the  affected  side.  Temperature  100.  Very 
Weak,  nervous;  complete  rmiscular  paralysis  of  right  side  of  face.  The  con- 
dition of  the  sense  of  hearing  precluded  brain  disease.  There  was  no  diffi- 
culty in  swallowing,  or  other  evidence  of  paralysis  of  the  muscles  of  the 
fauces,  which  placed  the  trouble  beyond  the  origin  of  the  petrosal  nerve. 
There  was  no  disturbance  of  taste  or  of  the  salivary  glands,  which  placed 
the  trouble  beyond  the  origin  of  the  chorda  tympani.  He  diagnosed  mas- 
toid periostitis  with  pressure  on  the  seventh  nerve  immediately  on  its  exit 
from  the  duct  of  Fallopius.  On  protruding  his  tongue  it  was  drawn  some- 
what toward  the  affected  side.  While  contemplating  incision,  patient  men- 
tioned that  on  the  previous  morning  he  had  found  relief  and  some  sleep  by 

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placing  the  head  in  a  warm  poultice  of  Indian  meal.  Gave  Silicea200,  a  dose 
every  three  hours.  In  forty-eight  hours  all  pain  had  ceased  and  temperature 
normal.  Relief  from  moist  warmth  was  the  guiding  symptom  to  the 
remedy. 

Meniere's  Disease. — Dr.  Fellows  reports  in  the  "  Clinique  "  two  cases 
of  this  disease  greatly  and  speedily  relieved  by  Silicea  3X  and  6x,  given 
several  times  daily. 

Mrs. ,  aet.  34.     March  30,  1886.     For  several  years  has  been  troubled 

with  deafness  from  time  to  time,  upon  the  right  side,  accompanied  by  tin- 
nitus of  ringing  and  pulsating  character,  and  with  occasional  pain.     Mt. 
slightly  depressed  and  thickened  upon  the  right  side.     Nose  catarrhal  in 
slight  degree. 
H.  D.  R.  w.  =  22"  =  29"  Cath2.     Calc.  phos.  2x  N.  M. 

To  spray  the  nostrils  with  weak,  warm  solution  of  common  salt. 
April    7.     H.  D.  R.  w.  =  21"  =  31"  Cath2.     Kali  mur.  6x  N.  and  M. 
April  14.     H.  D.  R.  w.  =  22"  =  52"  Calhx.     Kali  mur.  6x  N.  and  M. 
April  2i.     H.  D.  R.  w.  =  36"  =  6ft.  Cath3. 

Tinnitus  has  ceased.     Kali  mur.  6x  N. 
April  27.     H.  D.  R.  w.  =  46"  =  7  ft.  Cath3. 

No  further  tinnitus.     Kali  mur.  6x  alt.  N. 

It  is  now  three  years  since  this  case  was  discharged,  and  at  the  expiration 
of  two  years  I  heard  that  there  had  been  no  recurrence  of  any  trouble  what- 
ever. As  another  year  has  passed  without  news  from  the  patient,  the  im- 
provement doubtless  remains  permanent.  It  is  needless  to  say  that  the 
spraying  with  salt  solution  in  this  case  was  not  sufficiently  potent  to  detract 
from  the  cure,  while  the  catheter  could  have  been  but  an  aid  only,  especially 
when  the  permanence  of  the  relief  is  considered. 

In  closing  my  remarks  upon  the  use  of  Kali  mur.  in  these  aural  diseases, 
I  will  simply  state  that  my  experience  agrees  with  the  observation  of  others 
that  it  follows  particularly  well  after  Ferrum  phos.  or  Merc,  dulcis,  and  is 
itself  sometimes  followed  especially  well  by  Calcarea  sulph.  (H.  P.  Bellows, 
M.  D.,  in  N.  E.  Med.  Gaz.,  Nov.,  1889.) 

Silicea  in  Suppurative  Otitis. — Dr.  Bellows  records  a  case  of  distress- 
ing and  frequently  recurring  frontal  headache,  which  seemed  traceable  to 
chronic  middle  ear  suppuration.  The  tympanum  was  perforated.  Silicea 
3  taken  for  some  months  dried  up  the  discharge,  healed  the  tympanum,  and 
made  the  hearing  normal,  while  the  headaches  soon  disappeared. — JV.  E. 
Med.  Gazette,  Feb.,  1893. 

ENURESIS. 

See  Urinary   Disorders. 

EPILEPSY. 

Kali  mur. — The  specific  or  the  chief  remedy  in  this  dis- 
ease, especially  when  it  occurs  with  or  after  the  suppression 
of  eruptions. 


EPILEPSY.  195 

"Kali  muriaticum  is  one  of  the  tissue  remedies  too  easily 
overlooked.  Its  delicate  affinity  for  the  nerve  centres  makes 
it  a  slow  acting  remedy.  Inasmuch  as  the  physician  too 
frequently  seeks  palliation  in  epilepsy,  it  is  not  generally  em- 
ployed long  enough.  Without  doubt  it  preserves  the  fibrin 
factor  and  prevents  a  tissue  metamorphosis.  This,  he  be- 
lieves, should  be  the  therapeutic  aim  in  treating  this  disease. 
It  is  simple  enough  to  relieve  a  fit,  for  it  is  in  itself  self-limit- 
ing. The  real  object  is  to  overcome  the  morbid  degeneration. 
The  protoplasmic  fibres  are  surely  strengthened  by  Kalimur., 
and  such  a  condition  tends  to  preserve  the  brain  integrity. 
When  the  brain-cells  are  properly  nourished,  they  can  with- 
stand the  irritation  of  the  sensory  fibrillse  which  surround 
them.  This  being  done,  we  have  made  the  first  advance 
toward  the  removal  of  the  cause  of  the  disease.  While  he 
does  not  make  the  claim  of  any  specific,  and  while  he  admits 
the  difficulty  in  curing  this  terrible  disease,  the  writer's 
record  book  gives  much  substantiation  of  the  above  state- 
ment."— The  Clinique,  June  15,  1897. 

Kali  phos. — Epilepsy  or  epileptic  fits  with  sunken  counte- 
nance, coldness  and  palpitation  after  the  fit. 

Magnesia  phos. — Epileptic  fits,  sometimes  the  result  of 
vicious  habits,  which  must  be  restrained. 

Ferrum  phos. — Epileptic  fits  with  rush  of  blood  to  head. 

Natrum  phos. — Is  frequently  useful  as  an  alternating 
remedy,  and  for  intestinal  irritation  (worms,  etc.). 

Silicea. — Nocturnal  epilepsy,  especially  about  the  time  of 
the  new  moon ;  feeling  of  coldness  before  the  attack,  spasms 
spread  from  the  solar  plexus  upward.  Exalted  susceptibility 
to  nervous  stimuli,  with  exhausted  condition  of  the  nerves. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Mrs.  ,  widow,  aet.  30,  ever  since  death  of  husband,  six  years  ago, 

epileptic  attacks  at  night  while  sleeping;  groans,  bites  her  tongue,  bloody- 
foaming,  bowels  very  constipated,  no  uterine  trouble.  Silicea200  greatly 
lessened  the  frequency  of  the  attacks.     (Hoyne.) 

Kali  Mur.  in  Epilepsy.— Dr.  C.  C.  F.  Wachendorf  reports  the  case  of  a 
man,  set.  45  years,  who  had  an  eruption  in  September,  1888,  which  disap- 


196  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

peared  until  August,  1889.  In  November,  1889,  the  eruption  was  suppressed, 
and  he  began  to  have  irregular  attacks  of  "fainting  fits."  He  would  grow 
pale,  a  warm  feeling  following;  then  spasm,  with  pain  in  the  cerebellum, 
and  burning  in  the  region  of  the  stomach.  Attacks  nearly  always  preceded 
by  fright  or  fear.  Nux,  Bufo  and  Arsenicum  were  each  tried  in  turn,  but 
failed.  Then  Kali  mur.  6x  was  prescribed  on  the  indication,  "Epilepsy 
from  suppressed  eruptions."  After  the  sixth  day  he  had  no  attack.  He  still 
takes  occasional  doses  of  the  medicine  to  keep  up  its  action. 

A  lady,  set.  32,  married,  one  child  6  years  old,  has  had  spasms  since  the 
birth  of  the  child,  every  few  days,  and  very  severe  during  the  menses, 
twenty-four  hours  at  a  time,  and  from  a  few  moments  to  an  hour  apart, 
these  continuing  three  to  six  days,  then  every  two  to  four  days,  in  the  in- 
terim of  menses.  The  woman  was  short  build,  heavy  set,  short  neck,  round 
full  abdomen,  red  flushed  face,  sanguinobilious  temperament  and  of  rather 
mild  disposition.  Headache  all  the  time  in  temples  and  back  of  head,  as 
well  as  constant  heat  on  top  of  head;  also  severe  pain  in  the  lumbar  region 
and  across  sacrum,  numb  feeling  in  lower  limbs  and  cold,  clammy  perspira- 
tion over  the  whole  body.  Physicians  had  pronounced  her  case  "  epilepsy," 
caused  by  uterine  trouble.  Without  regard  to  diagnosis,  or  former  treat- 
ment by  allopathic  medication,  I  at  once  gave  her  Calcarea  phos.  and  Kali 
phos.,  three  doses  each  per  day,  and  during  menses  Magnes.  phos.  every 
two  hours  during  the  first  two  days  of  the  menses.  In  two  months  from  the 
first  time  I  saw  her,  she  was  apparently  well  in  every  way,  and  became 
pregnant  again,  and  by  the  use  of  the  Calcarea  phos.  had  no  further  trouble. 
(A.  P.  Davis,  M.  D.) 

A  boy  of  13  had  suffered  since  the  age  of  6  from  trembling  of  the  limbs, 
and  was  gradually  passing  into  a  state  of  epilepsy.  He  received,  on  the  8th 
of  October,  1888,  Kali  chlor.,  six  powders  Since  the  10th  of  December  he 
has  had  no  return  of  it.     {Monatsbldtter. ) 

A  girl,  23  years  old,  who  had  suffered  since  her  seventeenth  year  from 
epilepsy,  received,  after  having  two  violent  attacks,  on  the  nth  of  June, 
1885,  six  powders  of  Kali  phos30.  On  the  nth  of  April,  1887,  she  wrote: 
"  Since  the  15th  of  June,  1885, 1  have  not  had  an  attack."     {Monatsbldtter. ) 

ERYSIPELAS. 

Ferrum  phos. — Rose  and  erysipelatous  inflammations  of  the 
skin,  for  the  fever  and  pain  and  severe  symptoms  of  inflamma- 
tion. 

Kali  mur. — Vesicular  erysipelas  ;  the  chief  remedy.  Ery- 
sipelas bullosum. 

Kali  sulph. — Blistering  variety,  to  facilitate  the  falling  off 
of  scabs. 

Katrum  phos. — Erysipelas ;  smooth,  red.  shiny,  tingling  or 
painful  swelling  of  the  skin.  Infiltrated  inflammation  of  the 
skin. 


EXOPHTHALMIC   GOITRE.  1 97 

Natrum  sulph. — For  the  smooth  form,  red,  shiny  and 
coming  in  blotches,  skin  much  swollen,  with  or  without  vom- 
iting of  bile.     (Edematous  puffy  inflammation  of  the  skin. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Ferrum  phosphoricum. — A  case  is  reported  by  an  Indian  native  practi- 
tioner in  the  Homoeopathic  World  recently,  which  well  displays  the 
activity  of  this  remedy.  The  case  was  one  apparently  of  phlegmonous  ery- 
sipelas of  the  left  thigh  in  a  boy  of  6.  It  had  been  going  on  for  some  six 
weeks,  and  was  little  influenced  by  the  Mercurius  iodatus,  Hepar  sulphuris 
and  Silicea  at  first  prescribed.  Ferr.  phos.  6x  wrought  an  immediate  change 
for  the  better,  and  effected  a  rapid  cure. 

Mrs.  Forbes,  a  widow,  was  lying  very  ill  with  erysipelas;  high  fever  and 
quite  prostrate.  The  members  of  her  family  thought  her  dying,  as  she  had 
become  delirious.  Her  head  and  face  so  swollen  that  her  eyes  were  literally 
closed,  suffering  intense  pain.  Natrum  sulph.  and  Ferrum  phos.,  alter- 
nately, a  dose  every  hour  and  oftener,  were  given.  After  the  second  dose  of 
the  former  she  ejected  a  great  quantity  of  bile.  The  severe  symptoms  sub- 
sided. This  was  on  Saturday  night.  The  medicine  was  continued,  Ferrum 
phos.  now  only  intercurrently,  as  the  pulse  had  become  less  frequent.  To 
the  astonishment  of  all  her  friends,  on  Wednesday  morning  she  was  so  well 
that  she  went  out  to  her  work  as  usual. 

Statistics  show  a  death-rate  of  2,000  per  annum  from  this  disease.  In  a 
similar  case  of  erysipelas  in  a  lady,  aet.  87,  these  two  remedies  and  a  few 
doses  of  Kali  phos.  cured  her,  when  the  usual  treatment,  painting  with 
iodine,  brandy,  etc.,  had  no  effect  in  arresting  the  disease.  (M.  D.  W. 
From  Schiissler.) 

EXOPHTHALMIC  GOITRE. 

Natrum  mur. — Palpitation,  heart's  pulsations  shake  the 
body  ;  short-breathed  on  least  exertion. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

In  two  cases,  ladies  with  swelling  on  each  side  of  the  neck;  voice 
changed,  eccentric  dilatation  of  the  heart,  with  systolic  bellows'  sound. 
Cured  by  Natrum  mur.'li  in  a  few  months.     (Dr.  Hofrichter.) 

EYE,  DISEASES  OF. 

Ferrum  phos. — Inflammation  of  any  part  of  the  eyes  with- 
out secretion  of  mucus  or  pus.  Pain  in  the  eyeball,  made 
worse  by  moving  the  eyes.  Burning  sensation  in  the  eyes. 
They   appear   inflamed  and  red.     Retinitis.     Great   redness 


198  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

with  severe  pain,  without  mucus  or  matter.  "  Conjunctiva 
congested,  and. with  a  sensation  as  if  grains  of  sand  were 
under  the  eyelids,  vision  dim,  letters  blur  while  reading,  even 
though  the  refraction  be  normal,  or  if  any  error  exists  and  is 
corrected  by  lenses,  or  where  there  is  an  insufficiency  of  the 
internal  recti  muscles  so  far  as  can  be  determined.  Photo- 
phobia worse  from  artificial  lights."     (H.  F.  Ivins,  M.  D.) 

Dr.  Robert  Cooper  reports  as  having  observed  three  times 
that  a  stye  appeared  on  the  lower  lid  of  the  right  eye  in 
patients  who  were  taking  this  remedy  for  debility.  "Ferrum 
phos.  is  especially  adapted  to  conjunctivitis  with  great  relax- 
ation of  that  membrane,  and  surpasses  Aconite  in  the  majority 
of  acute  superficial  inflammations  of  the  eye.  In  retinitis, 
with  great  engorgement  of  the  retinal  vessels.  It  has  been 
found  of  great  service."  (H.  C.  French,  M.  D.) 

Kali  mur. — Affections  of  the  eye  with  discharge  of  white 
mucus  or  yellow-greenish  matter  (also  Kali  stclph.).  Feeling 
of  sand  in  the  eyes.  Yellow,  purulent  scabs  on  the  lids,  specks 
of  matter.  Blisters  on  cornea.  Inflammation  of  the  iris. 
Superficial  flat  ulcer  arising  from  a  vesicle.  Retinitis.  Paren- 
chymatous keratitis.  Of  great  use  even  in  the  early  stage. 
"  In  diffuse  interstitial  keratitis  in  which  the  cornea  is  flecked 
over  a  large  extent  of  its  surface  with  light  deposits,  we  have 
found  it  of  great  value.  Indeed,  we  believe  it  will  prove  to 
possess  a  specific  influence  over  many  of  the  pathological 
changes  in  that  organ.  In  chronic  abscess  of  the  cornea  it  has 
been  found  to  do  good."  (H.  C.  French,  M.  D.) 

In  the  North  American  Journal  of  Homoeopathy,  Sept.,  1885, 
p.  14,  Dr.  Geo.  S.  Norton  writes  of  the  use  of  this  remedy  in 
ulceration  of  the  cornea.  He  has  found  it  useful  in  ulcers  of 
a  clearly  asthenic  type,  inflammations  of  a  low  degree,  tedious 
cases,  redness  of  the  conjunctiva  is  not  excessive.  Photopho- 
bia, pain  and  lachrymation  are  very  moderate  or  absent  en- 
tirely. Any  part  of  the  cornea  may  be  the  seat  of  the  ulcer, 
but  it  is  liable  to  begin  at  the  periphery  and  spread  to  the 
centre.  The  base  of  the  ulcer  is  dirty-white  or  yellow,  often 
vascular,  and  surrounding  inflammation  is  very  marked,  dis- 


EYE,   DISEASES  OF.  1 99 

charge  moderate  and  of  white  mucus ;  sometimes  there  is 
purulent  infiltration  extending  between  the  layers  of  the  cor- 
nea (onyx)  or  into  the  anterior  chamber  (hypopyon),  but  even 
then  it  is  asthenic.  Sometimes  the  disease  appears  more  like 
an  abscess,  breaking  down  later  into  an  ulcer.  The  tongue 
will  usually  have  a  thin,  white  coating.  (See  Clinical  Cases.) 
Cataract  after  Calc.  fiuor.  Dr.  Norton  communicates  to  us  the 
following :  Kali  mitr.  is  especially  adapted  to  the  non-vascu- 
lar variety  of  parenchymatous  inflammation  of  the  cornea 
{Aurum  7?iur.,  Cannabis  and  Merc,  active  and  vascular  va- 
riety); there  may  be  some  photophobia  and  lachrymation,  but 
never  excessive  as  under  Calc.  phos.  The  pains  are  not  dis- 
tinctive, but  are  always  moderate.  Redness  is  present,  but  is 
never  expressive,  bright-red  or  fiery.     Trachoma. 

Kali  phos. — Eyesight  weak  from  an  exhausted  condition  of 
the  system,  after  diphtheria.  Sensation  of  sand  or  sticks  in  the 
eyes.  Soreness  of  eyeballs  and  edges  of  lids.  Burning  in  eyes 
as  if  full  of  smoke.  Byes  twitch,  become  blurred,  black  spots 
before  eyes.  Photophobia.  Excited,  staring  appearance  of 
the  eyes,  a  symptom  of  nervous  disturbances  during  the 
course  of  a  disease ;  drooping  of  the  eyelids,  strabismus  not 
spasmodic,  squinting  after  diphtheria.  Muscular  and  accom- 
modative asthenopia  and  incoordination  of  the  ocular  muscles, 
especially  from  defective  inervation.  (H.  C.  F.) 

Kali  sulph. — Eyelids  covered  with  yellow  crusts,  discharge 
from  eyes  yellow  or  greenish  matter,  yellow,  purulent  slime 
or  yellow,  watery  secretions.  Cataract,  dimness  of  crystalline 
lens  {Natr.  mur.).  Ophthalmia  neonatorum,  thin  yellow  or 
sanious  discharge  with  closely  adherent  membrane  on  the 
palpebral  conjunctiva.  It  is  useful  where  other  remedies 
fail.  We  have  found  Kali  sulph.  a  valuable  agent  in  abscess 
of  the  cornea,  and  superior  to  Kali  mur.  in  cases  of  pus  in  the 
anterior  chamber  (hypopyon),  two  or  three  cases  of  which 
under  this  remedy  (3X)  alone  have  cleared  up  with  gratifying 
promptness.     (H.  C.  French,  M.  D.) 

Magnesia  phos. — Drooping  of  the  eyelid,  affections  of  the 
eyes  with  sensitiveness  to  light,  or  contracted  pupils,  vision 


200  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

affected,  sees  sparks,  colors  before  the  eyes,  twitching  of  eye- 
lids, spasmodic  squinting,  dulness  of  vision  from  weakness  of 
optic  nerve,  strabismus.  Diplopia,  supraorbital  neuralgia, 
relieved  by  warmth.  Hyperaesthesia  of  the  retina  with  flashes 
of  light  and  black  specks  before  eyes,  with  general  nervous 
excitability.  (H.  C.  F.)  Retinitis  pigmentosa.  (R.  S.  C.) 
Ciliary  neuralgia  has  been  frequently  cured  with  this  remedy. 

Natrum  mur. — Asthenopia,  muscular;  the  most  important 
remedy.  Blister  on  cornea,  discharge  of  clear  mucus  from 
eyes  or  flow  of  tears  with  obstruction  of  tear-ducts,  neuralgic 
pains  periodically  returning  with  flow  of  tears.  Eyes  water, 
secretion  causes  scalding  of  skin  or  eruption  of  small  vesicles ; 
granulated  eyelids  without  secretion  of  tears.  Tarsi  much 
thickened  and  red.  White  spots  on  the  cornea.  The  eye 
may  also  be  syringed  with  a  solution  of  this  remedy  extern- 
ally, daily.  The  molecules  of  the  salt  which  remain  on  the 
spot  cause  by  their  hygroscopic  nature  a  gradual  moistening 
and  absorption  of  the  spot.  Ciliary  neuralgia.  Incipient 
cataract.  Iritis.  Natr.  mur.  is  most  suitable  where  the 
humors  of  the  eyeball  are  increased  in  quantity,  thus  causing 
internal  pressure.  "Is  of  possible  value  in  glaucoma."  (R. 
S.  C.) 

Natrum  phos. — Discharge  of  golden-yellow,  creamy  matter. 
Conjunctivitis  with  discharge  of  yellow,  creamy  matter.  Hy- 
popyon. Lids  glued  together  in  the  morning;  note  condi- 
tions of  the  tongue,  palate,  presence  of  acid  risings,  etc. 
Burning  lachrymation,  eyes  bloodshot.  Dim  sight,  as  if  a 
veil  were  before  the  eyes.  Scrofulous  ophthalmia  ;  squinting 
caused  by  intestinal  irritation,  worms,  etc.  Ophthalmia  in 
newborn  infants  ;  also  externally  as  a  wash.  "  Ophthalmia, 
profuse,  creamy,  sticky  secretion  and  dim  vision,  especially  in 
old  women;  also  when  accompanied  by  diarrhoea."  (Dufneld.) 
Sees  sparks  before  eyes.  Boring  pains  in  the  eyes  of  rheu- 
matic origin. 

Natrum  sulph. — Pain  over  eyes.  Granular  conjunctivitis. 
Photophobia  in  scrofulous  ophthalmia.  "  No  remedy,  Graph- 
ites possibly  excepted,  has  such  terrible  sensitiveness  to  light 


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in  chronic  ophthalmias."  (H.  C.  Allen.)  Yellowness  of  the 
conjunctivae.  Large,  blister-like  granulations  with  burning 
lachrymation,  burning  of  edges  of  lids.     Hypopyon. 

Silicea. — Stye  on  the  eyelids,  also  use  as  a  lotion  to  remove 
and  hasten  the  discharge  painlessly.  If  much  inflammation, 
Fermm  phos.  Deep-seated  abscess  of  cornea.  Hypopyon. 
Photophobia,  sudden  paroxysms  of  nyctalopia.  Amblyopia 
and  cataract  after  checked  foot-sweat.  Boils  and  cystic 
tumors  around  eyelids.  Opaque  cornea.  Ciliary  neuralgia 
over  right  eye.  Kernels  and  indurations  of  the  lids.  Scrof- 
ulous ophthalmia. 

Calcarea  phos. — Spasmodic  affections  of  the  eyelids,  if 
Magnes.  phos.  fails.  Parenchymatous  keratitis  in  scrofulous 
diathesis.  Useful  in  checking  cataract.  Dry  inflammation 
of  the  eyes  during  dentition.  Photophobia.  Corneal  opacity. 
No  use  where  the  palpebral  conjunctiva  is  much  involved. 
Congenital  amblyopia  in  children  of  a  rachitic  constitution 
and  scrofulous  diathesis,  with  general  characteristics  of  the 
drug.  Useful  in  non-vascular  form  of  diffuse  keratitis  with 
more  marked  photophobia  than  under  Kali  mur.  and  accom- 
panied by  well-known  scrofulous  cachexia.  Cataract  appear- 
ing with  lupus,  cancer  or  tuberculosis,  gout,  etc. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Deep  ulcers  on  cornea,  ophthalmia,  pus 
thick  and  yellow.  Inflammation  of  the  eyes  with  discharge 
of  thick,  yellow  matter.  Deep-seated  abscess  of  the  cornea 
{Silicea).  Hypopyon,  to  absorb  the  effusion  of  pus  in  the  eye 
(after  Silicea).  Retinitis.  Sensation  of  foreign  body  ;  has  to 
tie  up,  after  injuries.  Pus  in  anterior  chamber.  Phlyctenular 
keratitis  and  conjunctivitis,  cervical  glands  enlarged.  In- 
flamed canthi.  "  Has  in  my  hands  reduced  purulent  dis- 
charge in  ophthalmia  neonatorum."     (H.  C.  F.) 

Calcarea  fluor. — Flickering  and  sparks  before  the  eyes, 
spots  on  the  cornea,  conjunctivitis,  cataract.  Indurations  in 
the  lids.     Enlarged  meibomian  glands. 

This  remedy  has  been  found  of  use  in  cases  of  partial 
blindness.  Dimness  of  vision  from  overstraining  the  eyes. 
"  I  have  prescribed  Calcarea  fluor.  recently  in  my  clinic  in  a 


202  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

number  of  cases.  In  one  case  of  senile  cataract  where  it  was 
used  there  certainly  was  great  improvement  in  sight."  (R. 
S.  Copeland,  Prof.  Ophthalmology,  University  of  Michigan). 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

The  following  cases  were  furnished  for  this  edition  by  Dr.  T.  M.  Stewart 
of  Cincinnati: 

i.  Weak  child,  2  years  of  age,  thin  skull,  fontanelles  open,  soft  cataract 
of  left  eye.  Calcarea  fluorica  6x;  in  three  months'  examination  showed  an- 
terior fontanelle  closed,  and  child  much  improved  in  general  health.  No 
change  in  cataract. 

2.  The  following  troublesome  symptoms  not  entirely  relieved  by  wearing 
proper  correcting  glasses  for  compound  hyperopic  astigmatism  were  com- 
pletely cured:  The  glasses  were  prescribed  in  June  and  patient  reported  in 
November  following.  Complained  of  some  itching  and  burning,  blurring  of 
sight  occasionally,  floating  specks  before  eyes,  light  aggravates  all  symp- 
toms.    Kali  phos.  6x  cured. 

3.  Epiphora  from  refractive  error  not  entirely  relieved  from  wearing  cor- 
rective glasses.  Calcarea  fluor.  6x  entirely  relieved  the  following  symp- 
toms: Itching  of  mucous  surface  of  lids,  eyes  water  and  sensation  of  air 
blowing  on  eyes  after  use  of  glasses. 

Parenchymatous  keratitis,  inflammation  of  right  cornea  extending  over 
the  whole  of  its  surface,  of  three  months'  duration;  patient  could  only  count 
fingers;  some  pain,  slight  photophobia  and  redness,  pupil  dilates  slowly 
under  Atrop.,  but  quickly  contracts  again.  Aurum  mur.,  Cinnabar,  with 
instillations  of  Atrop.,  did  no  good.  Kali  mur.  6x  cured.  Cases  of  chorio- 
retinitis cured  by  Kali  mur. — Allen  &  Norton,  Ophthalmic  Therapeutics, 
p.  106. 

In  the  Homceopatische  Monatsblatter  for  1882,  p.  95,  is  a  report  of  thirteen 
cases  of  cataract  cured — eleven  with  Calcarea  fluor.  Improvement  showed 
itself  within  eight  days.  The  other  two  cases  required  Kali  mur.  after 
Calcarea  fluor. 

The  following  cases  from  N.  A.  J.  H.,  September,  18S5,  p.  15,  reported 
by  George  S.  Norton,  M.  D.,  show  the  beautiful  action  of  Kali  mur.  in 
ulceration  of  the  cornea: 

Case  of  ulcer  of  the  cornea  large  in  size,  steadily  increasing  in  extent, 
vascular  base,  moderate  redness,  no  pain,  slight  photophobia,  profuse  lach- 
rymation,  nose  sore,  corners  ulcerated.  Kali  mur6.  Improvement  set  in 
at  once,  and  ulcer  commenced  to  heal;  within  five  days  the  vascularity  dis- 
appeared, and  in  ten  days  the  eye  was  perfectly  well. 

Case  of  ulcer  of  the  cornea  with  elevated  edges  and  vascular  base,  result- 
ing from  phlyctenular  keratitis;  in  spite  of  all  treatment  it  had  steadily  in- 
creased; cornea  hazy  around  ulcer.  Kali  mur6.  The  ulcer  began  at  once 
to  heal,  and  in  two  weeks  all  inflammatory  symptoms  had  disappeared. 

Ulcer  of  the  cornea  from  the  same  cause  as  the  above,  also  a  rapidly  in- 
creasing purulent  infiltration  between  the  corneal  layers.     Photophobia  well 


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marked;  moderate  redness  and  no  pain.  Several  remedies  were  adminis- 
tered with  no  benefit.  Kali  mur3.  was  prescribed,  and  a  rapid  cure  fol- 
lowed. 

Child  with  ulcer  near  centre  of  cornea,  which  was  deep;  infiltration  con- 
siderable. Pus  in  the  anterior  chamber;  moderately  red,  no  pain;  Atrop., 
instillation.  Hypopyon  disappeared,  and  in  twenty-four  hours  a  rapid  re- 
covery followed  under  Kali  murz. 

Mrs.  B.  L.,  from  C ,  came  to  me  on  account  of  a  swelling  on  right 

eye  which  appeared  suddenly.  A  specialist  had  advised  operation;  the  pal- 
pebral aperture,  which  was  opened  with  difficulty,  was  filled  with  a  yellow- 
ish-green, projecting  mass.  The  conjunctiva  was  infiltrated  and  sight  was 
lost.  Kali  sulp/16.  removed  the  swelling  and  inflammatory  symptoms  com- 
pletely and  permanently  in  one  and  one-half  days.     (Quesse.) 

Mrs.  M.  N.,  aged  46,  was  sent  to  me  for  treatment  on  May  9,  1892,  by  Dr. 
Boericke,  with  keratitis,  involving  the  lower  nasal  third  of  the  left  cornea. 
The  inflammation  had  existed  since  the  previous  Christmas,  and  had  been 
subjected  to  rigorous  allopathic  treatment,  with  no  improvement.  The 
entire  bulbar  and  palpebral  conjunctiva  was  intensely  inflamed.  The  cor- 
neal surface  was  vascular,  with  a  decided  ring  of  leucocytes  round  the 
border  of  the  cornea,  limited  by  the  diseased  area.  There  was  a  dense,  ir- 
regular white  opacity,  reaching  down  into  the  interstitial  elements,  occu- 
pying the  center  of  the  affected  territory,  and  covering  an  area  of  about 
one-eighth  of  an  inch  square.  The  clouded  territory  reached  to  the  axis  of 
vision.  She  could  with  difficulty  discern  large  objects  on  the  temporal  side, 
but  had  no  central  vision.  On  May  9th  she  was  put  on  Kali  mur.  3X,  every 
three  hours.  There  was  a  marked  improvement  during  the  first  twenty- 
four  hours,  and  an  astringent  which  had  been  given  for  the  conjunctivitis 
was  reduced  in  power  and  frequency,  and  finally  discontinued.  After  the 
seventh  day  the  Kali  mur.  was  given  in  the  6:x,  every  four  hours,  and  was 
so  continued  up  to  the  day  of  discharge.  On  the  23d  vision  was  ■£$.  The 
larger  part  of  the  cloudy  area  had  cleared  up,  and  the  leucoma  had  almost 
disappeared,  and  it  is  safe  to  predict  a  complete  restoration  of  vision  in  a 
few  weeks  under  Kali  -mur.     (H.  C.  French.) 

Child  aet.  8,  with  opacity  of  both  corneas,  with  fresh  ulceration  and  some 
infiltration,  no  redness.  The  ulceration  healed,  and  the  infiltration  speedily 
cleared  up  under  Kali  mur.6. 

An  ulcer  at  outer  edge  of  cornea  slightly  excavated,  with  vessels  running 
to  it,  improved  under  this  remedy  rapidly. 

It  may  be  that  Kali  mur.  will  be  found  useful  in  cases  of  clear  ulceration 
and  absence  of  infiltration.     It  is  worth  a  trial. 

A  girl  had,  on  the  lower  edge  of  the  left  cornea,  a  little  blister,  from 
which  a  bundle  of  small  veins  ran.  Feeling  of  sand  in  the  eye.  Edges  of 
eyelids  are  scabby.  Kali  mur}'1,  internally  and  externally,  every  six  hours 
for  three  days,  cured  the  cornea  in  ten  days,  and  in  three  weeks  the  scurfi- 
ness  of  the  eyelids,  which  she  had  had  for  two  years,  had  nearly  disap- 
peared.    (W.  P.  Wesselhceft,  M.  D.     From  Hg  ) 

Dr.  Koch  writes:  An  old  woman  came  to  me,  set.  72.  She  had  worn  a 
green  shade  over  her  eyes   to  my   recollection,    since  my   younger  days, 


204  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

when,  as  a  student,  I  spent  my  holidays  at  Simbach  with  my  grandparents. 
This  person  complained  of  a  constant  burning  sensation  in  her  eyes,  causing 
a  continued  flow  of  smarting  tears.  This  commenced  at  eight  o'clock  in 
the  morning  and  lasted  till  sunset.  During  the  night  it  was  better.  She 
had  much  thirst,  but  little  appetite.  Externally  the  conjunctiva  palpebra- 
rum was  in  a  chronic  state  of  inflammation.  On  each  side  of  the  nose  there 
were  excoriation  and  eczema  of  the  skin,  caused  by  the  flow  of  acrid  tears. 
The  punctae  lachrymosa  were  dilated  ;  but  the  tear-ducts  were  unobstructed. 
I  hesitated  whether  I  should  give  Natrum  mur.  or  Arsenic;  but  Dr.  Schiiss- 
ler's  special  mention  of  Natrum  mur.  in  regard  to  these  excessive  lach- 
rymal secretions  determined  my  choice,  and  I  gave  Natrum  mur.  in  water, 
one  teaspoonful  three  times  a  day.  In  three  weeks  the  symptoms  all  greatly 
subsided,  and  shortly  after  entirely  disappeared.     (From  Schiissler.) 

I  have  hitherto  only  given  Natrum  phos.  in  scrofulous  subjects,  and  only 
then  when  my  old  remedies,  Calcarea  card.,  etc.,  failed.  One  case  was  par- 
ticularly striking  on  account  of  its  being  cured  so  rapidly.  In  May  last  a 
little  girl,  aet.  8,  was  brought  to  me,  who  suffered  from  severe  conjunctivitis, 
with  great  dread  of  light.  She  had  been  treated  for  some  time  by  an  ordi- 
nary practitioner,  but  without  effect.  I  ascertained  that  her  eye  affection 
dated  from  the  time  she  had  had  measles,  some  years  previous.  Calcarea  card. 
and  other  medicines  proved  ineffectual.  The  enlargements  of  the  glands 
of  the  neck,  and  the  creamy  secretion  of  the  eyelids,  led  me  to  try  Natrum 
phos.,  of  which  I  administered  a  dose  three  times  daily.  A  week  later  on, 
and  the  child  was  brought  to  me,  her  eyes  bright  and  perfectly  cured.  (From 
Schiissler. ) 

Louis  G ,  set.   19,  came  to  my  office,  July  3d,  1886,  by  advice  of  his 

physician,  Dr.  Nichols,  of  Hoboken,  N.  J.  The  young  man  was  of  good 
physique  and  apparently  perfectly  healthy.  He  stated  that  his  right  eye 
had  been  "bloodshot"  for  a  week,  and  that  the  vision  had  been  steadily 
failing  for  five  days.  Examination  of  the  eye  showed  moderate  photopho- 
bia, lachrymation,  conjunctival  redness  and  ciliary  injection.  The  cornea 
was  very  hazy,  appearing  like  ground  glass  throughout  its  whole  extent, 
but  was  not  vascular;  the  surface  was  clear.  The  vision  was  reduced  to 
counting  fingers  six  inches  from  the  eye.  The  history  of  the  case,  though 
not  clear,  pointed  toward  a  strumous  rather  than  a  syphilitic  origin.  Atrop. 
was  instilled,  and  Kali  mur.  was  given  internally.  Under  this  treatment 
alone  he  steadily  and  rapidly  improved  until  he  was  discharged,  August 
19th,  with  vision  \^.  On  December  27th  he  was  again  seen,  when  the  vision 
in  the  right  eye  was  found  to  be  perfect  (■ff)*-  But  tne  disease  was  making 
its  appearance  in  the  left  eye,  as  evidenced  by  moderate  inflammatory  symp- 
toms, and  cornea  hazy  at  the  outer  edge.  L.  V.  \§.  The  same  treatment  was 
prescribed  which  had  been  so  successfully  employed  before,  but  for  two 
weeks  the  cornea  gradually  grew  more  opaque,  the  redness  increased,  the 
pain  became  more  marked,  as  if  there  were  something  in  the  eye,  the  pho- 
tophobia and  lachrymation  became  excessive,  and  the  vision  decreased  to 
counting  fingers  at  six  inches.  Rhus  tox.  6x  was  then  alternated  with 
Kali  mur.  6x,  when  the  sthenic  type  of  the  disease  soon  changed,  and  the 
inflammatory  symptoms  rapidly  abated,  after  which,  under  Kali  mur.  alone, 


EYE,   DISEASES  OF.  205 

the  improvement  continued  so  long  that  in  eight  weeks  his  vision  was  |f, 
and  later  became  perfect. 

Dr.  Koch  informed  us  that  a  farm  servant  came  to  him,  and  said  he  could 
not  see.  Some  time  before  this,  a  piece  of  wood  had  struck  him  in  the  eye. 
He  had  been  treated  for  it;  had  had  purgatives,  leeches  and  cold  water  ap- 
plications, and  now  his  sight  was  quite  gone.  The  particulars  of  the  case 
were  these:  The  bulbus  was  infiltrated  with  vascular  engorgement.  The 
conjunctiva  was  swollen,  and  the  eyelid  also  in  an  irritated  and  inflamed 
condition.  The  cornea  was  dim,  with  a  smoky  appearance  of  the  anterior 
chamber  [i.  e.,  between  the  cornea  and  iris),  and  some  matter  could  be  seen 
floating  quite  distinctly.  I  found  no  foreign  body.  The  subjective  results 
were  severe  burning  pain  in  the  eye,  as  if  from  a  foreign  body,  and  a  con- 
tinuous flow  of  tears.  The  man  had  to  keep  his  eye  tied  up.  His  appetite 
was  good,  and  pulse  normal.  As  to  the  therapeutic  treatment,  I  had  evi- 
dently to  deal  with  two  different  affections — hypopyon  (matter  iu  the  eye), 
and  conjunctivis.  First  of  all  I  gave  Ferritin  phos.,  a  dose  every  two  hours, 
and  in  a  week  the  burning  pain  and  watering  of  the  eye  were  less.  One 
week  after  this  the  man  complained  that  his  sight  had  not  improved.  Now 
I  had  the  task  of  absorption  of  the  matter  before  me,  as  well  as  the  clearing 
of  the  cornea.  To  meet  the  rirst  condition  I  gave  Hepar  sulph.,  but  after  a 
fortnight  I  could  recognize  no  special  progress.  I  felt  rather  in  a  fix  with 
the  case,  as  absorption  would  not  take  place.  Remembering  an  expression 
of  Dr.  Quagleo,  that  he  considered  Schiissler's  Calcarea  sulph.  a  still  more 
powerful  medicine,  I  gave  some  Calcarea  sulph.  to  be  taken  in  water  in  three 
doses.  Scarcely  a  week  after,  the  man  came  to  me,  greatly  delighted,  say- 
ing he  could  see  gleams  of  light  in  the  right  eye.  Positively,  I  found  the 
cornea  less  cloudy,  and  could  observe  that  some  of  the  matter  had  been  ab- 
sorbed. I  now  gave  him  only  a  dose  night  and  morning.  In  three  weeks 
absorption  was  complete,  and  dimness  of  the  cornea  quite  removed,  and  his 
sight  restored.  Besides  all  this,  all  the  inflammation  of  the  conjunctiva  was 
also  cured.     (From  Schiissler.) 

A  woman,  aet.  56,  from  Simbach,  who  always  wore  blue  spectacles,  came 
to  see  me,  as  she  had  become  blind  in  the  right  aye.  The  cause  and  conse- 
quent suffering  were  as  follows:  Three  years  ago,  one  noon-day  in  the  win- 
ter, she  was  walking  from  Arnstorf  to  Simbach.  The  whole  of  the  meadows 
were  covered  with  snow,  on  which  the  sun  was  shining  brightly,  causing  a 
strong  refraction.  Suddenly  she  felt  a  severe  pain  in  the  right  eye,  and 
immediately  discovered  that  she  had  lost  the  sight  of  it.  She  took  some 
snow  and  held  it  over  her  eye,  which  she  thought  did  her  some  good.  On 
reaching  home  she  sent  for  the  doctor,  who  put  a  leech  to  the  right  temple 
and  gave  her  a  strong  purgative.  She  had  to  keep  her  bed  for  three  weeks. 
The  pain  subsided,  but  her  sight  did  not  return.  Some  time  after,  she 
traveled  all  the  way  to  Passau,  to  consult  Dr.  E.,  the  oculist.  He  gave  her 
a  laxative  and  some  ointment,  to  be  rubbed  all  around  the  eye  ( Ungl. 
hydrarg.).  As  the  ointment  affected  the  gum  and  loosened  the  teeth,  she 
stopped  using  it,  her  sight  being  no  better.  Later  on,  when  she  heard  that 
Prof.  Rothmund  had  operated  on  the  pastor  of  Landau  for  cataract,  she 
went  to  see  him.     "  If  this  medicine  won't  help  you,  you  will  remain  blind 


206  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

for  life,"  were  the  Professor's  words.  His  prescription  was  Potassium 
iodide.  After  having  had  the  prescription  made  up  three  times,  and  using 
it  steadily,  she  felt  no  improvement,  and  was  quite  inconsolable.  With  her 
right  eye  she  saw  nothing;  all  seemed  smoke  and  mist;  and  the  other  eye 
was  becoming  weaker  and  weaker  from  month  to  month.  External  exam- 
ination showed  the  conjunctiva  intact,  as  also  the  cornea,  iris,  etc.  All 
pointed  to  internal  disease  of  the  inner  medium  of  the  eye.  I  could  see 
but  little  of  the  retina,  as  there  was  a  kind  of  mist  over  it,  which  seemed 
to  spread  from  the  vitreous  humor  over  the  background  of  the  eye.  I  in- 
troduced the  rays  of  light  in  different  directions,  and  by  this  means  I  was 
better  able  to  obtain  sight  of  the  retina.  It  appeared  dim  and  misty,  the 
veins  were  clearly  seen,  forming  a  dark  network.  In  some  places  there 
were  indistinctly  defined  spots,  some  larger  than  others,  appearing  to  me 
like  the  residue  of  extravasated  blood.  The  arteries  were  scarcely  visible, 
and  seemed  to  me  pale  and  more  contracted  than  in  the  normal  condition. 
The  necessary  therapeutic  treatment  clearly  indicated  to  me  was  to  produce 
abortion  of  the  exuded  substance,  this  being  the  cause  of  the  dulness  of 
sight.  According  to  Professor  Rothmund's  opinion,  inflammation  of  the 
retina  always  arises  in  the  connective  tissue,  and  as  this  exuded  substance 
appears  of  a  coagulated  nature,  which  no  doubt  is  fibrinous,  and,  as  is  well 
known,  can  be  hypertrophied,  and  is  capable  of  fatty  degeneration,  I  found 
that  of  the  remedies  I  could  think  of  the  most  suitable  seemed  to  be  Kali 
mur.  I  now  gave  the  woman  eight  powders,  each  containing  two  centi- 
grammes; the  powder  to  be  dissolved  in  half  a  wineglassful  of  water,  a 
tablespoonful  to  be  taken  night  and  morning.  A  fortnight  after,  the  patient 
came  back,  saying,  "  I  don't  think  I  am  any  worse.  Please  give  me  some 
more  of  those  powders."  She  received  a  dozen,  with  the  same  directions. 
One  morning  she  called  quite  early,  and  told  me  in  great  glee  that  on  rising 
that  morning  she  could  see  the  window-sash  quite  distinctly.  I  tested  her 
sight  from  different  distances,  and  found  that  she  had  really  improved.  "I 
can  see  pretty  well  through  the  mist,"  she  said.  Kali  mur.  was  continued 
in  small  doses,  and  in  four  months  her  sight  was  restored.     (Erom  Schiissler. ) 

Girl,  set.  16,  recurring  keratitis.  Left  eye  much  inflamed,  photophobia, 
slight  haziness  of  the  cornea,  and  traversed  with  red  vessels;  zonular  red- 
ness. Calcarea  phos.  3X  completely  restored  the  patient.  I  have  never 
found  it  of  any  use  where  the  palpebral  conjunctiva  was  much  engorged. 
(R.  T.  Cooper. ) 

Bookkeeper,  aet.  28.  Overstrained  eyes.  "  Feel  like  chilblains, "  must 
wipe  them  often  and  pull  at  the  lashes.  Is  emmetropic,  though  can  read 
No.  15  at  fifteen  feet  with  difficulty  from  blurring  of  the  letters,  not  improved 
by  glasses.  A  candle  held  twelve  inches  seems  double,  and  the  left  image 
is  seen  with  the  right  eye,  hence  he  has  asthenopia  from  paresis  of  the  in- 
ternal recti  muscles.     Natrum  mur.200  cured.     (T.  F.  Allen.) 

The  late  Dr.  Kafka  records  a  case  of  incessant  lachrymation  of  the  right 
eye,  caused  by  exposure  to  a  strong  north  wind,  and  dependent  on  hyper- 
aemic  obstruction  of  the  lachrymal  passages.  Natrum  mur.6  cured  in  four 
weeks,  and  was  equally  efficacious  when,  on  later  occasions,  the  trouble  re- 
turned.— Horn.  Recorder,  Jan.,  '93. 


FEVERS,   SIMPLE.  207 

FEVERS,  SIMPLE. 

See  also  Special  Fevers. 

Ferrum  phos. — Catarrhal  fevers  with  quickened  pulse. 
Feverishness  in  all  stages,  all  inflammatory  fevers,  rheumatic, 
etc.,  the  chief  remedy.  "The  most  beneficial  results  have 
been  obtained  from  its  use  in  the  prevention  of  traumatic 
fever."  Synochal  fevers.  Chill  every  day  at  1  p.  M.  Dry 
heat  of  palms,  face,  throat  and  chest. 

Kali  mur. — With  constipation  and  a  thick  white  fur  on  the 
tongue.  Catarrhal  fever,  great  chilliness,  the  least  cold  air 
chills  him  through,  has  to  sit  close  to  the  fire  to  keep  warm 
and  still  is  chilly.     Better  covered  up  in  bed.    (Holbrook.) 

Kali  sulph. — When  the  blood  heat  rises  in  the  evening  it 
assists  in  producing  perspiration,  and  warm  coverings  should 
frequently  be  applied  and  this  remedy  given  very  frequently. 
Also  fevers  from  blood-poisoning. 

Natrum  mur. — Hay  fever  with  watery  discharge  from  the 
eyes  and  nose. 

Kali  phos. — Nervous  fevers,  high  temperature,  quick  and 
irregular  pulse,  nervous  excitement  or  great  weakness  and  de- 
pression. In  fevers  of  low  type,  dry  mouth,  sordes  on  the 
teeth  and  delirium,  this  remedy  has  produced  the  grandest 
results.     (Meadow.) 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

M.  L.,  a  gentleman,  aet.  38,  took  a  chill  while  in  a  state  of  perspiration. 
He  suffered  in  consequence  from  tearing  pains  in  the  limbs,  noises  in  the 
ears,  with  dulness  of  hearing  and  frontal  headache.  These  pains  were  ac- 
companied by  fever;  and  although  he  had  night-sweats,  they  brought  no 
relief.  The  appetite  was  poor  and  the  tongue  covered  with  a  white  coating. 
I  gave  a  small  quantity  of  Kali  mur.  in  water  every  two  hours.  A  rapid 
general  improvement  set  in,  but  pain  and  numbness  in  the  feet  were  still 
present.  Also  the  habitual  perspiration  of  the  feet  was  still  absent.  At  this 
stage  the  patient  received  Silicea,  two  doses  daily  for  a  week.  Perspiration 
of  feet  was  re-established,  and  on  the  reappearance  of  this  the  rest  of  the 
ailments  left  him,  and  health  was  quite  restored.     (From  Schiissler.) 

Dr.  G.  H.  Martin  reports  a  case  of  high  fever  (104°),  general  exhaustion, 
lameness  in  muscles,  headache  and  diminished  appetite,  in  which  he  pre- 


208  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

scribed  Ferrum  phos.  i2x,  which  did  no  good,  the  patient  declaring  the 
following  day  that  his  symptoms  were  worse.  Ferrum  phos.  6x,  which  was 
then  prescribed,  caused  an  immediate  improvement. 

FISTULA  IK  ANO. 

Calcarea  phos. — Calcarea  phos.  ix  and  Silicea  3X,  a  dose 
three  times  a  day,  alternated  every  week,  is  the  treatment  rec- 
ommended by  Dr.  C.  R.  Fleury. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Painful  abscesses  about  the  anus  in  cases 
of  fistula.     Puslike  discharge  from  bowels. 

GALL-STONES. 

Calcarea  phos. — To  prevent  the  re-formation  of  new  stones. 
Magnesia  phos. — Spasms  from  gall-stones. 

GASTRIC  DERANGEMENTS. 

Compare  Vomiting. 

Ferrum  phos. — In  the  chilly  stage  of  gastric  fever.  Acute 
gastritis  with  much  pain,  swelling,  tenderness  at  the  pit  of  the 
stomach,  especially  if  vomiting  of  food  occurs.  Dyspepsia 
with  flushed,  hot  face,  epigastrium  tender  to  touch.  Indi- 
gestion with  beating  or  throbbing  pain,  heat,  redness  or 
flushing  of  the  face,  or  vomiting  of  undigested  food,  the 
tongue  being  clean.  Indigestion  from  relaxed  condition  of 
the  muscular  walls  of  the  stomach  blood  vessels,  with  burning 
tenderness,  flushed  face  and  pain  after  taking  food.  Flatu- 
lence, belching  with  taste  of  food  eaten.  Stomach-ache  from 
cold  in  children,  if  pressure  aggravates  the  pain.  Stomach- 
ache from  chill  with  loose  evacuations,  caused  by  insufficient 
absorption  of  moisture,  from  a  relaxed  condition  of  the  villi. 
Loss  of  appetite,  disgust  for  milk,  after  eating,  nausea  and 
vomiting  of  food  ;  the  vomited  matters  are  very  sour  ;  can  not 
take  acids,  herrings,  meat  or  coffee  and  cakes.  Sometimes 
vomits  mornings  before  breakfast ;  headache,  hammering  in 
the  forehead  and  temples  so  that  she  fears  apoplexy.  Copious 
menstruation  every  week,  with  aching  in  the  abdomen  and 


GASTRIC   DERANGEMENTS.  200, 

sacrum.  Sleep  restless,  awful  dreams.  Does  not  feel  rested 
in  the  morning.  Cannot  bear  tight  clothing.  Thirst  for 
cold  water.  Desire  for  some  stimulant,  brandy,  ale,  etc. 
Greasy  eructations. 

Kali  mur. — Gastric  or  bilious  derangement,  with  gray, 
white-coated  or  mapped  tongue.  Dyspepsia ;  pain  or  heavy 
feeling  in  the  right  side  under  the  shoulder,  especially  if  fatty 
food  disagrees  or  eyes  look  large  and  projecting.  Flatulence, 
with  sluggishness  of  the  liver  and  gray  or  white-coated 
tongue.  Gastritis,  if  caused  by  taking  too  hot  drinks  ;  give 
this  remedy  at  once.  Second  stage  of  gastritis.  Indigestion 
with  white  tongue,  caused  by  taking  rich  or  fatty  food.  Bitter 
taste.  Sick  feeling  after  taking  fat ;  vomiting  of  opaque 
mucus.     Stomach-ache  with  constipation. 

Kali  phos. — Excessive  hungry  feeling  soon  after  taking 
food.  A  nervous  disturbance,  depression  or  weakness  ;  "gone 
feeling."  Flatulence  with  distress  about  the  heart  or  simply 
on  left  side  of  stomach,  weary  pain  in  left  side,  weakness  of 
heart.  Gastritis  if  it  comes  too  late  under  treatment,  with 
asthenic  conditions.  Indigestion  with  great  nervous  depres- 
sion. Stomach-ache  from  fright  or  excitement.  Ulcer  or 
cancer  of  the  stomach.  Very  thirsty  ;  empty  gnawing  sensa- 
tion in  stomach  relieved  by  eating.  Belching  of  gas  tasting 
bitter  and  sour.  Constant  pain  at  epigastrium  in  a  small  spot. 

Kali  sulph. — Chronic  catarrh  of  the  stomach,  where  there 
is  a  yellow-coated  tongue.  Indigestion  with  characteristic 
tongue.  Dyspepsia,  with  sensation  of  pressure  as  of  a  load  and 
fulness  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  with  yellow-coated  tongue.  Sen- 
sation of  faintness  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach.  Indigestion 
with  pain,  water  gathers  in  the  mouth  (after  Natrum  mtir. 
and  Kali  mur.),  pain  in  the  stomach  just  above  the  angle  of 
the  crest  of  the  ilium  in  a  line  toward  the  umbilicus,  deep 
within,  beside  the  right  hip.  Colicky  pains  in  stomach  when 
Magnesia  phos.  does  not  give  relief. 

Magnesia  phos. — Pains  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  nipping, 
griping,  with  short  belching  of  wind  giving  no  relief,  tongue 
clean.  Cramp  in  the  stomach  as  if  a  band  were  tightly  laced 
14 


2io  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

or  drawn  around  the  body.  Flatulence  with  pain,  belching 
gives  no  relief.  Indigestion  with  spasmodic,  crampy  pain, 
clean  tongue.  Painful  constriction  of  the  muscles  of  the  coat 
of  the  stomach,  together  with  hot  applications.  Convulsive 
hiccough.  Marked  disposition  to  regurgitation  immediately 
after  eating.  "  In  gastralgia,  magic  in  effect,  often  stopping 
a  cramping  condition  of  the  stomach  when  all  other  remedies 
have  failed.  Colic  of  horses."  (Duffield.)  Patient  craves 
sugar. 

Natrum  mur. — Indigestion  with  pain  and  water  gathering 
in  the  mouth,  with  vomiting  of  clear,  frothy  water,  or  stringy 
saliva.  Stomach-ache  with  much  saliva  gathering  in  the 
mouth ;  waterbrash,  watery  fluid  coming  up  in  throat,  not 
acid,  often  accompanied  with  constipation.  Offensive  breath. 
Ravenous  hunger.  Loss  of  desire  for  smoking.  Violent 
thirst.  Aversion  to  bread.  Sour  taste.  Feeling  of  great 
weakness  and  sinking  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach.  Red  spots 
on  pit  of  the  stomach. 

Natrum  phos. — Acidity,  sour  risings,  excess  of  lactic  acid. 
Loss  of  appetite,  indigestion  felt  slightly.  On  rising  in  the 
morning  the  tongue  has  a  thin,  moist  coating,  a  creamy  de- 
posit at  the  back,  or  as  if  raw  or  yellow  sugar  had  been 
eaten.  Flatulence  with  sour  risings.  Gastric  derangements 
with  symptoms  of  acidity.  Gastric  ulceration,  pain  and  indi- 
gestion, sour  taste  in  the  mouth.  Indigestion  and  severe 
pain  after  food,  or  coming  on  two  hours  after,  with  acid-sour 
risings.  Stomach-ache  when  worms  are  present,  accompanied 
by  acid  risings.  Ulceration  of  the  stomach,  pain  in  one  spot 
after  food  and  sometimes  sour  risings,  loss  of  appetite,  face 
red  and  blotched,  yet  not  feverish.  Heartburn  and  acidity, 
vomiting  of  dark  fluid  like  coffee-grounds.  Waterbrash. 
Gastric  troubles  after  eating  of  fat  food.  Natrum  phos. 
causes  the  fat  to  become  emulsified. 

Natrum  sulph. — Biliousness,  excess  of  bile,  bitter  taste  in 
the  mouth,  vomiting  of  bitter  fluid,  greenish-brown  or  green- 
ish-gray tongue,  or  greenish  diarrhoea,  dark,  bilious  stools, 
headache,    giddiness   and    lassitude.      Gastric    derangements 


GASTRIC   DERANGEMENTS.  211 

with  bitter  taste  in  the  morning.  Sour  eructations,  heart- 
burn, copious  formation  of  gas  and  aggravation  from  farina- 
ceous food.  Flatulence  becomes  incarcerated  in  sigmoid  flex- 
ure and  ascending  colon,  producing  violent  colic  which  is 
relieved  by  kneading  and  borborygmus,  stitching  pains  in  the 
liver.  (Laird,  N.  A.  J.  H.,  Feb.,  1888.)  Cannot  bear  tight 
clothing  around  waist. 

Calcarea  phos. — A  course  of  this  remedy  is  useful  in  gastric 
fever  as  an  intercurrent.  Pain  after  eating  even  the  smallest 
quantity  of  food.  Heartburn,  soreness  of  stomach  on  pressure, 
great  craving:  for  bacon,  ham,  salted  and  smoked  meats.  Bitter 
taste  in  morning,  with  headache.  Dyspepsia,  with  pain  in 
stomach,  temporarily  relieved  by  eating  and  raising  wind. 
"  Almost  an  infallible  remedy  for  excessive  accumulation  of 
gas  in  the  stomach."  (Foster.)  Calc.  pkos.  ix,  in  water, 
given  half  an  hour  after  food,  is  efficacious  in  non-assimila- 
tion of  food.  Dyspepsia  with  much  distress  temporarily  re- 
lieved by  eating. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Vomiting  of  undigested  food  ;  hiccough 
from  hawking  of  mucus,  weakening  and  recurring  during  the 
day. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Desire  for  fruit,  tea,  claret  and  green  sour 
vegetables.  Great  thirst  and  appetite.  Nausea  with  vertigo. 
While  eating  roof  of  mouth  sore,  burning  in  the  stomach. 

Silicea. — Indurations  of  the  pylorus.  Chronic  dyspepsia, 
with  acid  eructations,  with  heartburn  and  chilliness.  Disgust 
for  meat  and  warm  food.  Extreme  hunger.  Intolerance  of 
alcoholic  stimulants. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Mrs.  B.,  aged  58,  anaemic,  and  of  nervous  temperament  has  been  suffer- 
ing for  over  ten  years  with  severe  attacks  of  neuralgia  of  the  stomach.  The 
attacks  would  last  from  four  to  ten  hours,  and  would  consist  of  a  series  of 
paroxysms,  each  of  which  would  last  five  or  ten  minutes,  with  a  correspond- 
ing interval  of  rest  between. 

Her  suffering  was  simply  terrible.  Up  to  the  time  I  saw  her  nothing  had 
been  given  her  but  palliative  treatment,  principally  hypodermics  of  mor- 
phine. 

When  I  saw  her  first  she  had  been  suffering  for  an  hour.     I  at  once  gave 


212  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

five  grains  of  Mag.  phos.  3x,  in  hot  water,  and  repeated  the  dose  ever}- 
fifteen  minutes.  After  the  third  dose  the  pain  abated.  That  attack  was 
conquered.  I  then  prescribed  the  same  remedy  in  ten-grain  doses,  after 
each  meal,  and  after  three  mild  attacks  she  has  had  no  further  trouble  for 
over  three  years.     (B.  A.  Sonders,  M.  D.,  Winterset,  O. ) 

Sudden  attacks  of  deathly  sickness  at  the  stomach,  coming  on  at  no  par- 
ticular time,  even  in  sleep,  and  lasting  one-half  or  one  hour,  appetite  poor. 
Ferrum  phos.  cured,  and  appetite  became  ravenous.  (Raue,  Rec.  Horn. 
Lit.,  1875.) 

Kali  Sulph.  in  Catarrh  ok  the  Stomach.— Mr.  M ,  aged  38 

years,  had  been  suffering  with  his  stomach  for  several  years.  He  had  a 
yellow  coated  tongue  and  much  fulness  and  pressure  at  the  pit  of  the 
stomach.  He  could  not  remember  when  he  did  not  have  pain  in  the 
stomach  more  or  less.  Hot  drinks  made  him  worse,  and  he  never 
was  thirsty.  His  skin  was  generally  dry  and  often  hot  and  rough, 
and  abdomen  was  cold  to  touch.  He  had  some  bronchial  irritation.  If  he 
got  chilled  he  would  have  colicky  pains  in  his  stomach  which  would  extend 
into  the  bowels. 

At  times  he  would  have  bloating  of  the  abdomen.  Kali  sulph.  3X  was 
given  with  some  directions  about  his  living,  and  in  a  few  weeks  he 
was  well.  Not  being  used  to  this  form  of  medicine  he  was  gieatly  sur- 
prised when  he  was  relieved.     (O.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D. ) 

An  officer  suffered  for  a  long  time  from  pains  in  the  abdomen,  together 
with  pressure  and  fulness  in  the  stomach  and  constipation.  The  tongue 
was  coated  with  a  yellow  slime.  He  had  been  treated  for  three  weeks  by  an 
allopath  without  any  result  whatever.  The  bowels  were  so  constipated  that 
he  could  only  have  a  passage  by  taking  a  strong  purgative.  Kali  sulph.  6x, 
three  powders  in  water,  dose  every  two  hours.  The  result  was  surprising. 
The  next  morning  the  patient  had  a  natural  stool,  and  the  abdominal  dis- 
tress was  nearly  all  gone.  In  two  weeks  he  was  entirely  cured,  having  taken 
only  two  powders. — Pop.  Zeit.,  Dec,  1885. 

A  young  man  with  chronic  dyspepsia.  After  trying  several  remedies  with- 
out effect,  I  discovered  in  the  mouth  a  thin,  yellow,  creamy  coating  on  the 
soft  palate.  This  induced  me  to  give  the  patient  Natrum  phos.,  which 
cured  him  in  a  short  space  of  time.     (C.  Hg. ) 

The  following  is  a  resume"  from  a  case  in  A.  H.  Z.,  '82,  p.  51:  Woman 
suffered  for  five  years  from  dyspepsia.  After  eating,  nausea,  vomiting  of 
food;  the  vomit  is  so  sour  that  it  sets  teeth  on  edge;  cannot  bear  sour  things. 
Vomiting  appears  in  the  morning  and  after  eating,  accompanied  by  cepha- 
lalgia. Hammering  in  the  forehead  and  temples  so  violent  that  she  fears 
apoplexy.  Menstruates  every  three  weeks  with  profuse  flow.  Troubled 
sleep,  disturbed  by  anxious  dreams.  Feels  tired  in  the  morning,  and  feels 
so  tight  in  her  clothes  that  she  must  loosen  them.  Ferrum  phos.6  three 
times  a  day,  a  dose  before  meals,  cured  the  case.  "  Many  symptoms  pointed 
to  Natrum  phos . ,  but  the  totality  of  the  symptoms  favored  Ferrum  phos. 

Notes  from  letter  to  Schiissler  by  a  doctor  in  Paderborn  {A.  H.  Z.,  1882, 
p.  102):  I  recently  had  a  case  exactly  like  the  preceding,  healed  in  ten  days 
by  Ferrum  phos.10,  after  I  had  treated  him  five  weeks  in  vain  with  Natrum 
phos. 


GASTRIC   DERANGEMENTS.  213 

A  young  man  complained  of  an  unnatural  appetite.  He  had  to  eat  almost 
every  hour,  feeling  such  an  intense  craving  for  food,  yet  he  felt  exhausted 
and  languid.  There  were  no  secondary  symptoms  present.  The  tongue 
was  clean,  the  urine  was  not  increased,  evacuations  normal.  Kali  phos. 
cured  the  patient  in  the  course  of  two  days.      (From  Schiissler.) 

Farmer  B.  consulted  me  for  a  singular  affection.  All  acid  food  caused  an 
attack  beginning  with  a  strong  chill,  followed  by  fever  and  profuse  weaken- 
ing sweats.  Natruni  mur.s.  After  fourteen  days  she  informed  me  that  the  at- 
tacks had  entirely  ceased,  and  the  partaking  of  acid  foods  did  not  cause  him 
the  least  discomfort.      (Dr.  Ouesse. ) 

A  landed  proprietor,  set.  44,  wrote  to  me  a  few  weeks  ago:  "  The  medicine 
I  have  taken  very  steadily,  and  for  a  long  time  attended  strictly  to  my  diet. 
In  spite  of  this,  my  trouble  is  no  better;  I  may  almost  say  it  has  become 
worse.  The  conditions  were  these:  1.  I  feel  almost  constantly  a  taste  as  of 
bile.  2.  My  tongue  is  covered  with  a  curdy,  bitter  coating.  3.  During  the 
day,  especially  after  food,  I  suffer  from  eructations  of  gases,  which  have 
either  a  bitter  taste  or  are  tasteless.  4.  My  complexion  is  rather  yellow.  5. 
The  appetite  very  slight;  no  thirst.  My  favorite  beverage,  beer,  is  distaste- 
ful to  me.  6.  I  incline  to  shiver,  and  am  somewhat  faint.  7.  My  head  is 
but  little  involved,  but  feel  a  constant  pressure  over  one  eye.  8.  Stools  are 
normal,  but  scanty,  on  account  of  spare  diet.  The  whole  condition  discloses 
that  I  have  bile  in  the  stomach."  Thus  far  the  patient's  own  report.  To 
this  I  may  add  that  the  patient  in  question  had  already  taken  by  my  orders 
Nux  vom.  and  Pulsat.  He  had  used  the  waters  of  Marienbad  the  previous 
summer  on  the  recommendation  of  another  medical  man.  I  sent  him  now 
Natrum  sulph.,  with  the  request  to  take  daily  three  doses  of  this  powder. 
The  gentleman  came  six  or  seven  days  later  to  my  consulting  rooms  to 
thank  me  for  the  valuable  medicine.  "  The  powder,"  he  said,  "  has  really 
worked  wonders.  All  my  ailments  have  disappeared  as  if  by  magic,  and  I 
feel  at  last  perfectly  well."     (From  Schiissler.) 

Dr.  Mossa,  Bamberg,  reports:  Toward  the  end  of  last  year  I  received  a  let- 
ter with  the  following  details,  and  asking  me  to  forward  some  medicine: 
"  My  boy,  a  child,  set.  7,  hitherto  healthy  and  strong,  has  been  suffering 
from  pains  in  the  stomach  for  some  weeks.  Latterly  he  has  vomited  all  his 
food,  sometimes  immediately  after  taking  it,  and  at  other  times  not  till 
during  the  night.  The  child  has  now  become  very  emaciated.  Last  week 
he  was  frequently  feverish.  This  has,  however,  not  returned  since  taking 
the  medicine  our  doctor  here  has  given  him  The  boy  complains  of  much 
exhaustion."  To  form  a  scientific  diagnosis  of  the  case  on  such  informa- 
tion was  clearly  impossible.  But,  as  it  was  not  convenient  for  me  person- 
ally to  examine  the  case,  I  had  to  do  my  best  with  the  details  furnished. 
The  nature  of  the  abdominal  pains  pointed  to  swelling  and  enlargement  of 
the  organs  of  the  viscera,  liver,  spleen,  etc.;  also  the  feverish  attacks,  prob- 
ably subdued  by  quinine,  and  the  vomiting  of  food,  all  coincided  with  my 
surmises.  As  to  the  selection  of  the  medicine,  I  hesitated  considerably, 
and  then  decided  to  give  Ferritin  phos.,  twelve  powders,  one  night  and 
morning.  The  report  some  time  after  was  very  favorable.  The  fever  had 
not  returned;  the  vomiting  of  food  and  pains  in  the  stomach  had  quite  ceased 


214  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

soon  after  taking  the  medicine.  The  little  fellow  was  so  much  stronger  that 
he  attended  scoohl  again.     (From  Schiissler. ) 

W.  Watson,  set.  40.  Ulceration  of  stomach,  vomited  all  his  food,  and  lat- 
terly the  egesta  had  the  appearance  of  coffee-grounds.  He  had  suffered 
from  vomiting  and  indigestion  more  or  less  for  fourteen  years,  had  seen 
many  doctors,  and  taken  much  medicine  without  avail.  .1  advised  him  to 
take  Ferrum  pkos.6  and  Natrum  pkos.6,  in  usual  quantities,  and  a  table- 
spoonful  every  two  hours  alternately  for  a  fortnight.  On  his  second  visit 
he  was  free  from  vomiting,  had  little  pain,  and  felt  greatly  better.  He  con- 
tinued another  ten  days  with  the  same  remedies,  and  returned  quite  well. 
On  making  special  inquiry  if  he  had  nothing  troubling  him,  he  said:  "No, 
the  only  thing  I  sometimes  trouble  myself  about,  is  thinking  after  taking 
any  kind  of  food,  whether  it  will  trouble  me,  but  it  never  dees."  His  cure 
has  proved  permanent,  as  it  is  now  nearly  two  years  since,  and  he  is  keep- 
ing well.     (M.  D.  W.     From  Schiissler.) 

Patient  with  troublesome  burning  in  the  stomach  after  eating  and  con- 
tinuing until  next  meal  time;  pain  develops  one  or  two  hours  after  meals; 
tongue  light-gray,  no  bad  taste,  no  tenderness,  bowels  regular,  stools  nor- 
mal, no  thirst,  the  burning  was  so  troublesome  as  to  keep  him  awake  at 
night.     Natrum  pkos.  cured.     (Med.  Era.) 

Child  with  indigestion  after  typhoid  fever.  Everything  soured  on  his 
stomach,  breath  sour,  vomited  curdled  milk,  and  sour-smelling  fluids,  green 
stool  alternating  with  constipation,  was  troubled  with  colic,  white-coated 
tongue  and  white  around  mouth,  fretful,  cross  and  restless.  Natrum  pkos. 
cured.     {Med.  Era.) 

An  old  man,  some  60  years  of  age,  came  to  see  me;  he  had  "dyspepsia," 
the  doctors  said.  Emaciated,  pale,  swarthy,  no  appetite,  restless,  bowels 
inactive,  stools  sometimes  light-colored  and  at  times  costive,  tongue  thickly 
coated  with  a  brownish-yellow  tinge,  bitter  taste,  conjunctiva  bluish-white, 
skin  wrinkled  and  bowels  retracted  and  shrunken,  shrivelled,  and  a  pain  in 
the  stomach  of  a  burning  character  after  eating;  and  from  the  general  char- 
acter of  the  case,  assimilation  was  greatly  at  fault.  The  man  had  been, 
and  was  at  the  time,  taking  Argentum  in  pill  form,  from  a  "regular," 
three  doses  a  day,  and  had  been  for  a  year  or  more;  all  to  no  purpose  ex- 
cept to  hasten  the  emaciation.  After  surveying  the  situation  and  taking  all 
conditions,  I  at  once  put  him  on  Natrum  sulph.  6x,  three  doses  a  day  before 
meals,  and  Kali p/ios.  6x,  as  a  nerve  remedy.  These  two  remedies  perfectly 
cured  the  ' '  dyspepsia ' '  and  all  the  other  troubles,  so  that  in  about  three 
weeks  he  was  a  well  man,  the  Natrum  sulph.  correcting  all  the  liver  and 
stomach  trouble  and  the  Kali  pkos.  building  up  the  nerve  forces.  (A.  P. 
Davis,  M.  D. ) 

GLANDULAR  AFFECTIONS. 

Kali  mur. — This  is  the  chief  remedy  in  glandular  swell- 
ings, infiltration  of  the  follicular  glands  of  the  throat.  Glands 
of  the  neck  are  swollen  (also  apply  externally).     Scrofulous 


GLANDULAR   AFFECTIONS.  21 5 

enlargement  of  glands,  enlarged  abdominal  glands  sometimes 
with  diarrhoea. 

Natrum  mur. — Chronic  inflammation  of  the  salivary 
glands,  with  corresponding  symptoms,  excess  of  saliva,  etc. 
Chronic  swelling  of  lymphatic  glands.  Swelling  of  sebaceous 
glands. 

Natrum  sulph. — Sycotic  glandular  swellings. 

Silicea. — In  suppurating  glands  to  shorten  process,  also  for 
scrofula  induration  and  swelling  of  glands,  with  or  without 
inflammation. 

Calcarea  phos. — Chronic  enlargement  of  the  glands,  as  an 
intercurrent.  Scrofulous  enlargement  of  the  cervical  glands. 
Bronchocele,  goitre.  Incipient  tabes  mesenterica  with  fetid 
diarrhoea. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Lymphatic  glands  discharging  pus  (com- 
pare abscess).     Ulceration  of  the  glands. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Glandular  swellings,  if  very  hard.  Stony 
hardness  of  the  glands.  Chronic  adenitis.  Indurations  in 
capsular  ligaments  of  joints.  Knots  and  kernels  in  the  female 
breast.     Ganglium  tendinosum. 

Ferrum  phos. — Acute  stage  of  adenitis. 

Natrum  phos  — Goitre.  An  important  remedy  in  all  gland- 
ular swellings. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

Natrum  phos.  3X  relieved  pressure  in  thirteen  cases  of  goitre  by  taking  a 
dose  three  times  a  day;  pressure  was  relieved  in  from  three  to  five  days.  In 
some  instances  a  cure  was  effected.  It  is  well  to  continue  the  medicine  from 
four  to  six  weeks.     (J.  S.  Skeels,  M.  D.,  Hahnemajinian  Monthly,  1880.) 

A  swelling  under  the  chin  the  size  of  a  pigeon's  egg  was  considerably 
reduced  by  Kali  mur.,  but  still  there  was  induration  (hardness)  with  an 
uneven  surface.  Calcarea  fluor.,  taken  for  a  few  days,  caused  it  to  dis- 
appear altogether.  Shortly  after  its  disappearance  the  patient  had  slight 
conjunctivitis  with  swelling,  which  Kali  mur.  soon  cured.  (Dr.  K.  From 
Schiissler.) 

Grauvogl,  iu  his  Text-book,  page  360,  gives  a  remarkable  result  from  six 
weeks'  use  of  Natrum  sulph.  in  a  case  of  chronic  swelling  of  the  cervical 
glands,  so  extensive  as  to  practically  obliterate  the  neck.  All  known  treat- 
ment at  the  universities  failed;  but  Natrum  sulph.  3X,  every  two  hours,  pro- 
duced rapid  improvement  in  the  swelling  and  general  health  of  the  patient. 

Calcarea  Phosphorica  in  Adenoid  Growths  — Dr.  G.  H.  Martin  re- 


2l6  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

lated  at  the  meeting  of  the  California  State  Horn.  Medical  Society  a  case  of 
a  boy,  12  years  of  age,  who  had  an  adenoid  growth  which  caused  nasal 
catarrh  and  deafness  of  one  ear  to  such  a  degree  that  he  could  not  hear  the 
watch  when  pressed  close  to  the  ear.  "  By  the  administration  of  Calcarea 
phosphorica,"  he  said,  "  for  four  months,  the  patient  can  now  hear  the  watch 
at  six  feet,  and  the  catarrh  has  almost  entirely  disappeared." — Pacific  Coast 
Jo  urn.  of  Horn. 

Calcarea  Fluorata  in  Long-lasting  and  Indolent  Glandular  En- 
largements of  the  Cervical  Lymphatics.— Dr.  Sybel  speaks  very  highly 
of  the  fluoride  of  lime  in  the  treatment  of  indolent  and  long-lasting  glandu- 
lar enlargements  of  the  cervical  lymphatics,  and  especially  where  the  hard- 
ness of  the  gland  is  pronounced.  He  thinks  that  similar  results  might  be 
obtained  in  enlarged  bronchial  and  mesenteric  glands. 

Success  was  obtained  in  a  number  of  cases;  the  three  following  are  pre- 
sented as  typical  examples  of  its  action: 

i.  An  unmarried  woman,  of  twenty-five  years,  had  had  for  many  years  a 
group  of  enlarged  glands,  which,  situated  under  the  right  side  of  the  lower 
jaw,  decidedly  disfigured  her  face.  Beyond  a  small  gland  at  the  margin  of 
the  group,  which  showed  a  tendency  to  suppurate,  the  whole  mass  was  hard, 
showed  no  inclination  to  inflame,  and  was  not  sensitive  to  pressure.  The 
small  and  suppurating  gland  healed,  with  a  discharge  of  a  caseous  mass, 
under  Hepar  sulph.  and  Silicea,  yet  the  general  enlargement  remained  un- 
altered. Calcarea  fluorica  5X  was  then  given  once  a  day.  In  three  weeks 
the  patient  claimed  a  slight  diminution,  and  as  this  gradually  became  more 
pronounced  the  reme  ly  was  continued,  so  that  in  six  to  eight  weeks  the 
conglomerate  mass  resolved  itself  into  isolated  glands,  which  finally  re- 
mained of  the  size  of  hazel  nuts  The  patient  thought  all  further  treatment 
unnecessary,  and  immediately  married.  The  time  of  treatment  lasted  from 
April  25th  to  the  end  of  November — a  relatively  short  time  for  such  an  in- 
veterate affection. 

2.  A  robust  young  man  of  twenty  years  presented  in  the  right  submaxillary 
region,  immediately  under  the  jawbone,  a  conglomerate  of  several  hard 
lymphatic  glands,  which,  by  their  size,  had  a  very  deforming  effect  upon  his 
entire  face;  one  at  the  edge,  of  the  size  of  a  hazel  nut,  was  apparently  about 
to  suppurate.  The  remainder  were  hard  and  painless;  they  had  been  noticed 
since  childhood,  though  they  had  attained  their  present  size  only  four  or  five 
years  ago.  Silica  and  Kali  chloratum  controlled  the  suppuration,  and  Cal- 
carea fluorata  in  alternation  with  the  Chlorate  of  potash  were  continued, 
one  of  each  powder  daily.  The  diminution  in  size  of  the  glands  was  con- 
tinuously noticeable,  and  at  the  end  of  sixteen  months  they  had  wholly  dis- 
appeared. 

3.  An  unmarried  woman  of  fifty  years  had  carried  for  years  an  indurated 
gland  in  the  right  submaxillary  region  of  the  size  of  a  small  hen's  egg,  but 
which  was  neither  red  nor  painful.  She  had  tried  all  sorts  of  external 
remedies  without  success.  Calcarea  fluorata  5x,  one  powder  morning  and 
evening,  and  later,  only  one  a  day,  caused  the  enlargement  to  disappear  in 
six  weeks;  a  relatively  short  time  for  a  glandular  enlargement  which  had 
persisted  for  eight  3'ears. 


GONORRHEA.  217 

In  a  child  of  five  years,  who  for  the  past  two  had  had  numerous  and  in- 
durated glandular  enlargements  in  the  submaxillar}' region,  the  same  drug 
in  the  fifth  decimal  trituration  dissipated  them  in  a  few  weeks. — Berliner 
Zeitsch)  ift. 


GONORRH(EA. 

Natrum  phos. — This,  according  to  Schiissler's  last  (25th) 
edition,  is  the  principal  remedy  for  gonorrhoea. 

Ferrum  phos. — Inflammatory  stage  of  gonorrhoea.  (N.  B. 
— Avoid  pressing  along  the  urethra  to  bring  out  pus,  as  it  is 
very  injurious,  and  retards  a  cure.)  Even  walking,  going 
up-stairs,  etc.,  is  a  great  impediment  to  the  cure. 

Kali  mur. — This  is  the  chief  remedy  in  gonorrhoea.  It  is, 
in  fact,  a  specific  for  cases  in  which  swelling  exists,  whether 
from  subcutaneous  or  interstitial  exudation.  Gleet  combined 
with  eczema,  latent  or  visible,  or  a  disposition  to  glandular 
swellings.     Figwarts. 

Kali  phos. — Gonorrhoea  with  discharge  of  blood.  Balanitis 
and  balano-posthitis. 

Silicea. — Gonorrhoea  cases  of  long  standing,  with  thick, 
fetid  pus.  Constant  feeling  of  chilliness,  even  during  exercise. 
Balanitis. 

The  following  from  the  pen  of  the  late  Dr.  T.  S.  Hoyne  has 
a  direct  bearing  on  the  subject  and  therefore  we  give  it  in  full : 

Silicea. — This  remedy  is  frequently  condemned  by  homoe- 
opathic physicians,  or  at  least  is  often  adjudged  of  little  value 
in  the  treatment  of  chronic  affections.  I  have  jotted  down  a 
few  cases  which  may  prove  of  interest. 

Mr.  A.,  a  street-car  driver  about  48  years  of  age,  with  sandy 
hair  and  beard,  and  of  rather  slight  build,  came  to  me  with 
gleet  which  had  been  constantly  with  him  for  a  period  of  over 
ten  years  ;  he  had  during  this  time  tried  all  sorts  of  remedies 
with  only  temporary  benefit.  Injections  of  various  composi- 
tions had  controlled  it  for  a  brief  period,  but  the  discharge  in- 
variably reappeared  after  the  stoppage  of  the  injection  or  even 
during  its  continuance.  Dilatation  of  the  urethra  helped  him 
only  for  a  few  days. 


2i8  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

The  usual  routine  of  remedies,  with  slight  benefit  or  ag- 
gravation as  the  case  might  be,  was  persisted  in  until  the 
patient  became  discouraged  and  did  nothing  for  two  or  three 
years. 

I  obtained  the  following  symptoms  at  my  first  and  only 
interview  with  him  :  There  was  a  slight  discharge  of  a  thin 
watery  character  from  the  urethra  every  morning,  also  a  slight 
discharge  of  prostatic  fluid  while  straining  at  stool ;  there 
was  some  itching  and  a  few  moist  spots  about  the  scrotum  ; 
bowels  constipated  nearly  all  the  time,  the  stool  consisting  of 
hard  lumps  evacuated  only  by  great  straining ;  only  at  the 
rarest  intervals  did  he  have  a  loose  stool ;  some  burning  in  the 
anus  after  stool.  Whereas  the  patient  had  formerly  been 
always  in  good  spirits  he  was  now  inclined  to  be  very  irrita- 
ble from  the  slightest  cause,  and  was  frequently  despondent. 
The  sexual  desire  was  very  weak,  and  after  coition  he  felt  as 
if  bruised.  He  said  that  he  took  cold  easily,  and  was  then 
liable  to  a  nightly  cough. 

Upon  the  strength  of  these  symptoms  he  received  Sil.  200, 
and  I  never  saw  the  patient  again.  A  number  of  months 
afterward  another  driver  on  the  same  car  line  called  upon  me 
for  some  of  the  medicine  that  cured  Mr.  A. 

Mr.  B.,  a  bright  young  clerk  aged  about  30,  came  to  consult 
me  about  his  gleet  which  was  the  result  of  a  badly  treated 
gonorrhoea.  He  had  been  through  the  regular  course  of  treat- 
ment pursued  by  allopaths  and  some  homceopathists.  He  told 
me  that  the  gonorrhceal  discharge  had  been  suppressed  sev- 
eral times  by  injections,  the  last  time  being  followed  by  a 
right  sharp  attack  of  orchitis,  which  had  laid  him  up  for  a 
number  of  days.  He  then  tried  a  homoeopathic  physician 
who  gave  him  a  number  of  remedies  without  decided  benefit, 
and  then  resorted  to  mild  injections  which  were  worse  than 
useless  for  they  converted  the  remnants  of  the  gonorrhoea  into 
a  gleet,  which  had  remained  unaffected  by  all  sorts  of  treat- 
ment. 

I  found  that  the  discharge  was  thin  and  offensive,  very 
slight  in  quantity.     He  had  rather  frequent  emissions,  the 


GONORRHOEA.  2IO, 

discharge  sometimes  being  tinged  with  blood.  The  urine 
was  turbid  and  deposited  a  yellowish  sand  at  times.  He 
could  not  hold  his  urine  as  long  as  formerly  and  had  to  rise 
once  or  twice  at  night  to  void  it.  He  also  had  a  cold,  offen- 
sive perspiration  of  the  feet  and  usually  a  general  perspiration 
of  the  whole  body  every  morning.  He  said  that  he  felt  tired 
all  of  the  time  and  was  disinclined  to  do  any  work  that  he 
could  possibly  avoid.  He  was,  like  the  former  patient,  very 
sensitive  to  the  cold  air  and  took  cold  easily ;  his  sleep  was 
restless  and  filled  with  frightful  dreams.  In  the  morning  on 
rising  he  experienced  a  slight  dizziness. 

December  10,  Sil.  200  was  prescribed.  On  the  17th  he 
reported  that  the  medicine  made  him  worse  at  first,  increasing 
the  discharge  and  making  him  urinate  oftener  than  before. 
Sac.  lac.  was  given  for  two  weeks,  but  the  symptoms  remained 
the  same  day  after  day. 

December  31,  Sil.  c.  m.  was  given,  which  was  also  followed 
by  a  marked  aggravation  of  all  the  symptoms.  Sac.  lac.  was 
prescribed  for  three  weeks,  but  there  was  no  apparent  change 
in  his  symptoms  for  the  better. 

January  25,  I  gave  him  Sil.  12,  which  aggravated  the 
symptoms  for  a  few  days  and  then  they  gradually  disap- 
peared.    The  patient  has  had  no  return  of  the  trouble. 

Kali  sulph. — Gonorrhoea  with  a  slimy  yellow  or  greenish 
discharge.     Gleet.     Old  gonorrhoeas. 

Natrum  mur. — Chronic  gonorrhoea.  Transparent,  watery 
discharge,  slimy.  This  remedy  and  Calcarea  phos.  should  be 
given  in  alternation  for  gleet.  Gonorrhoea,  with  scalding,  is  a 
characteristic  of  this  remedy ;  in  old  gonorrhoea,  with  one 
last  persistent  drop.  Urethra  painfully  sore  to  pressure.  After 
injections  of  nitrate  of  silver. 

Calcarea  phos. — Chronic  gonorrhoea  with  anaemia.  Hydro- 
cele. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Gonorrhceal  with  sanious,  purulent  dis- 
charge. 

Natrum  sulph. — Chronic  gonorrhoea  with  yellowish,  green- 
ish discharge,  which  keeps  up,  of  thick  consistency.     Very 


220  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

little  pain.  In  gonorrhoea,  use  the  third  decimal  every  hour 
or  two,  four  drops  in  a  little  water.  (Grauvogl.)  Enlarged 
prostate.     Figwarts. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

In  the  Pop.  Zeit.,  Berlin.  Verein  Horn.  Aerzte,  April,  ]886,  Fen-um 
phos.  if  recommended  in  fresh  cases  of  gonorrhoea  followed  by  Kali  mur. 
and  Kali  stilph. 

A  man,  aet.  70,  suffered  for  three  years  from  discharge  from  the  urethra; 
secretion  small  in  quantity;  clear  mucus;  on  urinating,  violent  burning- 
sticking  pains.  Kali  sulpk.,  Kali  mur.  and  Natrum  mur.  did  no  good. 
Magnesia  phos.6  cured  the  case  in  four  weeks.  The  character  of  the  pains 
was  the  prominent  indication.     (Schiissler,  Allg.  Horn.  Zeit.,  1875  ) 

Mr.  K.,  set.  32,  had  had  gleet  for  five  years;  discharge  of  a  thick,  yellow 
consistency,  with  little  or  no  pain.  Cured  with  two  prescriptions  of  Natrum 
sulpk.  (J.  A.  Harrison,  M.  D.) 

HEMORRHAGE. 

Ferrum  phos. — Bleeding  from  wounds  externally  and  in- 
ternally, in  conjunction  with  surgical  aid.  Epistaxis  of  bright 
red  blood,  whether  from  injury  or  otherwise  ;  this  generally 
suffices,  especially  in  children.  Hemorrhage  of  bright  red 
blood,  rapidly  coagulating.  Vomiting  of  bright  red  blood. 
Tendency  to  nosebleed  in  rapidly  growing  children. 

Kali  mur. — When  the  blood  is  dark,  black,  clotted  or  tough. 
Vomiting  of  blood  dark,  clotted  and  viscid.  Nosebleed  in  the 
afternoon. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Epistaxis.  Nasal  secretions  tinged  with 
blood. 

Kali  phos. — Epistaxis  in  weak,  delicate  constitutions  from 
debility,  weakness  or  old  age,  predisposition  to  bleeding  of  the 
gums,  nose,  etc.  L,oss  of  blood  if  dark,  blackish,  thin  like 
coffee-grounds,  not  coagulating.  Blood  putrid,  causing  symp- 
toms of  decomposition.     Septic  hemorrhage. 

Natrum  mur. — Hemorrhage,  blood  pale,  thin,  red,  watery, 
not  coagulating.  Epistaxis  on  stooping,  when  coughing, 
with  soreness  of  limbs. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Haemoptysis;  bright  red  blood;  short 
hacking  cough  from  over-exertion. 


HEMORRHAGE.  221 

Natrum  sulph. — "  I  have  known  this  remedy  in  several 
cases  to  produce  violent  epistaxis  when  wrongly  given.  In  a 
recent  case  the  200  potency  produced  nosebleed,  vomiting 
and  purging  after  every  dose  taken."     (E.  H.  H.) 

CLINICAL   CASES 

About  twelve  years  ago  I  began  treating  a  girl,  four  years  of  age,  for  fre- 
quent epistaxis,  later  for  hemorrhage  of  the  tongue  and  gums,  and  alarming 
nosebleed  which  could  only  be  controlled  by  plugging  the  posterior  nares. 
During  the  year  I  plugged  the  nose  several  times,  applied  styptics  to  mouth 
and  tongue,  gave  as  best  I  could  the  indicated  remedies:  Ham.,  Bell.,  Nit. 
acid,  Ipecac,  China,  etc.  I  classed  her  as  a  bleeder,  and  had  the  gravest  ap- 
prehension for  her  when  she  should  arrive  at  maturity  and  menstruation  be 
established.  After  treating  her  for  about  a  year  for  frequent  alarming  hem- 
orrhages I  gave  her  Ferr.  phos.  3X  trit.,  three  grains  three  times  a  day,  and 
continued  its  use  quite  regularly  for  six  months.  No  attacks  occurred  while 
taking  the  remedy.  She  remained  strong  and  well,  maturing  at  14  years  of 
age  with  normal  flow.  Had  teeth  extracted  without  hemorrhage,  and  when 
she  left  the  city,  one  year  ago,  was  in  good  health  and  menstruating  norm- 
ally. 

In  December,  '95,  Mrs.  B ■,  aged  65,  applied  for  treatment,  present- 
ing ecchymosed  spots  on  legs  and  thighs,  varicose  condition  of  veins  and 
cedema  of  feet  and  legs.  She  received  Ferr.  phos.  3X,  every  three  hours, 
and  improvement  was  prompt,  and  at  the  end  of  two  weeks  recovery  com- 
plete.    No  return  of  trouble  at  present  date. 

Baby  B ,  aged  two  years,  returned  after  a  five  weeks'  sojourn  at  the 

seashore,  where  he  was  taken  in  a  seemingly  hopeless  condition  from  maras- 
mus, and  presented  the  following  symptoms:  Extreme  emaciation  and  pros- 
tration, anaemic,  sweating  head,  legs  and  feet  swollen,  ecchymosed  spots  on 
legs,  effusion  of  blood  about  the  gums,  offensive  and  at  times  bloody  diar- 
rhoea and  cold  extremities.  The  swelling  of  legs  had  the  appearance  of 
oedema,  not  pitting  on  pressure,  however,  and  the  slightest  movement 
caused  crying  from  pain.  The  epiphyses  were  not  enlarged,  and  therefore 
I  considered  the  swelling  and  pain  to  be  caused  by  effusion  of  blood  in  the 
deeper  tissues,  constituting,  to  my  mind,  a  cass  of  scurvy.  This  child  be- 
gan to  improve  immediately  after  taking  Ferr.  phos.  3X,  and  Sil.  Occasion- 
ally orange  juice  and  grape  juice  were  added  to  his  diet,  and  he  made  a 
steady  and  uninterrupted  recovery. 

Miss  B •,  a  teacher  in  public  school,  summoned  me  hastily  one  day 

last  August.  I  found  her  bleeding  from  the  nose  and  uterus  with  purpuric 
spots  on  the  thighs  and  legs.  The  bleeding  ceased  after  the  third  dose  of 
Fe7'r.  phos.  3X.  I  learned  that  for  some  years  she  had  had  one  attack  yearly, 
and  prevailed  upon  her  to  take  one  dose  a  day  of  the  remedy,  which  she  has 
done  to  the  present  time.  The  purpura  disappeared  in  about  ten  days  and 
has  not  returned;  she  tells  me  her  general  health  is  better  than  it  has  been 
for  many  years.  I  wait  anxiously  to  see  if  the  purpura  comes  next  year. 
No  change  was  made  in  her  diet.     (C.  E.  Gorham,  M.  D.,  Albany.) 


222  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Hemoptysis  which  had  continued  in  spite  of  remedies  was  arrested  by 
Calc.  ftuor.     (M.J.  Bleim. ) 

Dr.  E.  B.  Rankin,  in  the  Southern  Journal  of  Homoeopathy,  reports  a  case 
of  hemorrhage  of  the  bowels,  of  dark,  black  blood,  viscid  and  profuse,  cured 
by  Kali  mur.  6x. 

Lady,  get.  72,  large  and  corpulent,  dark  eyes  and  hair,  subject  to  attacks 
of  apoplectiform  cerebral  congestion,  was  found  in  apoplectic  state,  with 
cold  extremities,  clammy  sweat  on  forehead  and  face;  head  hot  and  livid; 
unconscious  low;  stertorous  breathing.  Ferrum  phos.6,  teaspoonful  every 
half  hour;  consciousness  returned  in  two  hours.  Was  up  the  next  day. 
The  same  remedy  has  been  used  in  subsequent  attacks  with  the  same  results. 
Patient  states  that  never  before  had  she  been  relieved  so  soon  and  effectually. 
(F.  A.  Rockwith,  M.  D.,  American  Journal  Homoeopathic  Materia  Medica, 

I875-) 

Dwight  H.,  set.  12,  has  been  subject  to  nosebleed  for  past  few  years.  Dur- 
ing this  time  he  became  very  anaemic.  Has  taken  different  remedies  from 
the  family  physician  without  permanently  arresting  the  trouble.  I  was 
called  to  see  bim  after  a  very  severe  attack,  and  found  him  much  prostrated 
and  blanched  from  loss  of  blood.  Gave  him  at  once  China  off.  ix,  in  water, 
for  a  few  hours,  till  I  could  send  him  some  powders  of  Ferrum  phos.6,  which 
he  took  in  solution  for  some  weeks,  a  few  doses  each  day,  with  result  of  per- 
manently arresting  the  hemorrhage.     (C.  T.  M.) 

HEMORRHOIDS. 

Note. — In  the  treatment  of  hemorrhoids,  attention  must 
be  paid  to  disturbances  in  the  function  of  the  liver,  the  diges- 
tive organs,  etc.,  which  are,  as  a  rule,  present  and  stand  in 
close  connection  with  the  former  ;  otherwise  a  radical  cure  of 
hemorrhoids  cannot  be  insured. 

Ferrum  phos. — Inflamed  piles,  bleeding  piles,  blood  bright 
red,  fluid,  but  with  a  tendency  to  form  a  thick,  soft  mass.  Be- 
fore induration. 

Kali  mur. — Bleeding  piles  when  the  blood  is  dark  and 
thick ;  fibrinous,  clotted. 

Kali  phos. — Hemorrhoids,  sore,  painful  and  itching. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Internal  or  blind  piles,  frequently  with 
pain  in  the  back,  generally  far  down  in  the  sacrum.  Note  ap- 
pearance of  tongue,  etc.,  which  will  indicate  the  alternating 
remedy.  Piles  with  pressure  of  blood  to  the  head.  Internal 
blind  piles  with  constipation,  confined  state  of  the  bowels. 
Bleeding  piles,  alternate  with  such  remedies  as  are  indicated 


HEADACHE.  223 

by  the  color  of  the  blood,  etc.  Tumors,  relaxed  elastic  fibres. 
Bleeding  hemorrhoids,  bright  red  blood  following  a  short 
hacking  or  hemming  cough  from  over-exertion. 

Kali  sulph. — Internal  and  external  piles  may  require  this 
remedy  in  alternation  with  Calcarea  fiuor.;  the  chief  remedy 
when  the  tongue  has  a  yellow,  slimy  coating,  or  discharges  or 
secretions  of  the  characteristic  type  are  present. 

Calcarea  phos. — Chronic  hemorrhoids  in  anaemic  or  weakly 
patients.     Intercurrently  with  Calcarea  fittor. 

Magnesia  phos. — Cutting,  darting  pains,  very  acute,  often 
like  lightning,  so  sharp  and  quick.  In  external  piles,  also  as 
a  tepid  lotion. 

Natrum  mur. — With  smarting,  beating  and  protrusion  of 
the  rectum,  burning  at  anus,  herpes  about  anus,  stools  hard, 
difficult  and  crumbling ;  stitches  in  rectum  and  in  urethra 
after  micturition. 

Silicea. — Intensely  painful  hemorrhoids,  protruded,  become 
incarcerated  and  suppurate.  Much  itching,  and  pain  running 
into  rectum  and  testicles.     Fistula  in  ano  {Calcarea phos.). 

CLINICAL  CASE. 

A  young  man  of  28  had  been  troubled  with  hemorrhoids  for  some  years. 
Bleeding  piles,  accompanied  by  chronic  constipation.  Much  straining  at 
stool,  great  pressure  of  blood  to  head  and  flushes  of  heat,  tongue  mapped 
or  covered  with  grayish  white  coating.  Calc.  fluor.  3X  and  Kali  mur.  6x 
completely  cured. 

HEADACHE. 

Ferrum  phos. — Headache  from  cold,  sun-heat,  a  bruising, 
pressing  or  stitching  pains,  pains  worse  on  stooping  and 
moving.  Headache  from  gouty  predisposition  (alternately 
with  Natrum  sulph.).  Headache  with  vomiting  of  undi- 
gested food.  Congestive,  with  pressing  pain,  and  sore  to  the 
touch.  Pressing  a  cold  object  against  the  spot  seems  to  re- 
lieve the  pain.  If  furred  tongue  be  present,  this  is  an  ad- 
ditional indication.  Headaches  of  children  require  this  rem- 
edy. Headache  with  a  throbbing  sensation  ;  worse  right  side. 
Headache   with   red  face  and  suffused  redness  of  the  eyes. 


224  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Blind  sick  headache,  with  vomiting  of  food  as  taken,  undi- 
gested. Dull  right  sided  headache  from  vertex  to  right  supra- 
orbital region.  Rush  of  blood  to  head.  Headaches  made 
worse  by  shaking  the  head,  stooping,  and  indeed  every  mo- 
tion of  the  body.  Congestive  headaches  especially  when  at 
the  menstrual  period.  Top  of  head  sensitive  to  cold  air,  noise, 
jar,  cannot  bear  to  have  hair  touched. 

Kali  mur. — Headache  with  vomiting,  hawking  up  of 
milk-white  mucus.  Sick  headache  with  white-coated  tongue, 
or  vomiting  of  white  phlegm,  arising  from  sluggish  liver, 
tongue  furred,  gray  or  white  at  base,  want  of  appetite. 

Kali  phos. — Headache,  nervous,  sensitive  to  noise,  irrita- 
bility, confusion,  relieved  by  gentle  motion.  Headache  of 
students  and  those  worn  out  by  fatigue,  when  no  gastric 
symptoms  are  felt.  The  tongue  is  sometimes  found  to  be 
coated  brownish-yellow  like  mustard,  associated  often  with 
foul  breath.  Pains  and  weight  at  the  back  of  the  head  and 
across  the  eyes,  better  while  eating,  with  feeling  of  weariness 
and  exhaustion  (after  Ferrum  phos.).  Nervous  headache, 
with  inability  for  thought,  loss  of  strength,  irritability,  sleep- 
lessness, or  despondency.  Headache  with  weariness,  yawning 
and  stretching,  prostrate  feeling,  hysterical  headaches.  Head- 
ache with  a  weary,  empty  feeling,  "  goneness  "  at  the  pit  of 
the  stomach  ;  also  if  the  headache  be  the  precursor  of  an  at- 
tack connected  with  bilious  vomiting.  Neuralgic  headache, 
humming  in  the  ears,  feeling  of  inability  to  remain  up,  yet 
better  under  cheerful  excitement.  Neuralgic  headache  with 
nervous  symptoms,  better  during  eating,  depression.  Noises 
in  head  on  falling  asleep.  Menstrual  headaches  with  hunger. 
Severe  pain  in  left  mastoid  ;  worse  by  motion  and  in  open  air. 

Kali  sulph. — Headache  which  grows  worse  in  a  heated 
room  and  in  the  evening,  and  is  better  in  cool,  open  air. 

Magnesia  phos. — Excruciating  headaches  with  tendency 
to  spasmodic  symptoms.  Neuralgic  or  rheumatic  headaches, 
shooting  or  stinging  pains,  shifting  pain,  intermittent  or 
paroxysmal  in  character.  Headaches  from  optical  defects. 
Nervous  headaches  with  sparks  before  the   eyes  ;   diplopia. 


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Headache  worse  in  occiput,  and  constant  while  attending  school 
and  after  mental  labor. 

Natrum  mur. — Dull,  heavy  headache,  with  profusion  of 
tears  and  drowsiness,  sleep  not  refreshing.  Headaches  with 
constipation  from  torpor  and  dryness  of  a  portion  of  the  in- 
ternal mucous  membrane,  when  the  tongue  is  clean  or  cov- 
ered with  clear,  watery  mucus,  has  frothy  edges,  much  saliva. 
Headache  with  vomiting  of  transparent  phlegm  or  water, 
stringy  mucus  coughed  up.  "  Is  applicable  to  cachectic  per- 
sons and  to  those  who  have  lost  animal  fluids.  It  is  adapted 
to  chronic  and  to  sick  headache  ;  to  headaches  before,  during 
and  after  the  menses ;  '  to  cephalalgia  of  school  girls  who 
apply  themselves  too  closely  to  their  lessons ;'  to  headache 
commencing  in  the  morning  after  walking,  lasting  till  noon, 
or  going  off  with  the  sun  ;  to  catarrhal  headache  and  to 
migraine."  (King.)  Hemicrania,  loss  of  consciousness  and 
twitching  of  limbs. 

Natrum  sulph. — Sick-headache  with  bilious  diarrhoea  or 
vomiting  of  bile,  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth.  Colicky  pain, 
with  giddiness,  greenish-gray  coated  tongue.  The  attacks 
occur  during  the  menses,  periodically,  every  spring,  and  are 
frequently  sudden  in  their  onsets.  The  characteristics  are : 
congestion  of  blood  to  head,  with  fulness  ;  heat  in  vertex, 
sensation  of  pressure  in  and  through  the  head ;  mind  de- 
pressed and  melancholy ;  vertigo  and  dulness ;  vomiting, 
aggravated  by  motion  and  reading,  ameliorated  by  quiet. 
Occipital  headache^  Violent  pains  at  base  of  brain,  as  if 
crushed  in  a  vise  or  as  if  something  were  gnawing  there. 
Beating  pain  in  both  temples  when  walking.  Indescribable 
pain  on  top  of  head,  as  if  it  would  split.  Pulsating  headache. 
Headache  begins  in  the  morning  on  waking,  increases  till 
noon  and  subsides  about  bed  time.  Cannot  tolerate  noise. 
Has  to  go  to  bed  in  a  darkened  room.  Nausea  and  vomiting. 
Several  cases  of  chronic  headache  with  these  symptoms  are 
reported  by  Dr.  A.  M.  Duffield,  of  Huntsville,  Ala.,  as  having 
been  cured  by  this  remedy  in  the  200th  potency. 

Silicea. — Headaches  with  concurrent  appearance  of  small 
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226  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

lumps  or  nodules,  size  of  a  pea,  on  the  scalp.  Congestive, 
gastric,  nervous  and  rheumatic  headaches.  Headaches  from 
excessive  mental  exertion,  from  overheating,  from  nervous 
exhaustion.  Scrofulous  diathesis.  Rachitic,  anaemic  condi- 
tions, caries.  Nervous,  irritable  persons  with  dry  skin,  pro- 
fuse saliva,  diarrhoea,  night-sweats.  Weakly  persons,  fine 
skin,  pale  face,  light  complexions,  lax  muscles.  Persons  who 
are  oversensitive,  imperfectly  nourished,  not  from  want  of 
food  but  from  imperfect  assimilation.  * 

Natrum  phos. — Headache  on  the  crown  of  the  head  on 
awaking  in  the  morning ;  creamy  appearance  of  back  part  of 
the  palate ;  yellow  moist  tongue.  Headache,  severe  pain  as 
if  the  skull  were  too  full.  Frontal  or  occipital,  with  nausea 
or  sour,  slimy  vomiting.  Very  severe  headache,  with  intense 
pressure  and  heat  on  top  of  head  as  if  it  would  open  (if  Fer- 
rum  phos.  does  not  suffice).  Sickening  headaches,  ejection  of 
sour  froth.     Headache  after  taking  wine  or  milk. 

Calcarea  phos. — Headache  with  a  cold  feeling  in  the  head, 
and  the  head  feels  cold  to  the  touch  (Ferrum  phos.).  Pains 
worse  with  heat  or  cold.  Headaches  of  children  and  school- 
girls, who  are  nervous,  restless,  etc.  "  Suitable  for  gastric 
and  rheumatic  headaches.  It  is  characterized  by  vertigo 
when  walking  or  on  motion.  Fulness  and  pressure  on  the 
head,  worse  from  pressure  of  the  hat.  Useful  in  peevish  and 
fretful  children,  and  in  those  whose  fontanelles  remain  open 
too  long.  Difficulty  in  performing  mental  operations.  Ill- 
humor  and  want  of  disposition  to  do  anything.  Forgetful- 
ness  ;  dulness  with  every  headache."     (King.) 

Calcarea  sulph. — Headache  with  vertigo  and  nausea,  and 
feeling  as  if  eyes  were  sunken.  Pain  around  whole  head, 
worse  forehead. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Patient  who,  among  other  symptoms,  had  some  visual  disturbances,  and 
when  the  headache  was  worse  and  vision  most  disturbed  he  had  a  sense  of 
fear,  especially  at  night,  and  an  eruption  about  the  ankles  which  began  with 
itching.  I  gave  him  Nat.  phos.  6x  and  that  was  the  end  of  his  sufferings. 
(Chas.  Mohr,  M.  D.) 

A  very  interesting  case  came  under  my  treatment.    A  lady,  fifty-five  years 


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old,  had  such  excruciating  headache  that  she  was  partially  insane;  she 
claimed  her  brain  was  ruptured  and  running  out  of  her  eyes.  A  yellow-gray 
curd  was  exuding  from  her  eyes.  She  had  been  suffering  for  some  days.  I 
gave  her  Kali  phos.  3X,  which  acted  like  a  charm.  In  two  hours  the  dose 
was  repeated,  and  the  result  was  perfect  relief.  Some  four  weeks  later  she 
had  another  attack,  but  not  so  bad.  I  gave  her  Kali  phos.  6x,  and  wishing 
to  watch  the  case,  I  called  in  two  hours.  She  said:  "That  was  not  the  same 
medicine  you  gave  me  before;  the  action  is  barely  perceptible."  I  then 
gave  3X,  and  in  two  hours  she  was  well.  Now,  I  have  always  been  in  favor 
of  high  potencies,  but  this  experience  seems  to  indicate  that  quantity  comes 
in  as  a  factor;  if  so,  it  should  be  noted  that  one  dose  of  3X  is  equal  to  one 
thousand  of  6x.     (Selected.) 

1.  Severe  headache,  general  soreness  of  the  vertex,  soreness  of  scalp, 
cannot  bear  to  have  hair  touched,  great  nervousness  at  night.  Ferrutnphos. 
6x  gave  speedy  relief. 

2.  Frontal  headache,  relieved  by  nosebleed  which  followed.  Ferrum 
phos.  6x  cured. 

3.  Patient  could  not  see;  seemed  as  if  blood  rushed  into  the  eyes.  Fer- 
rum phos.  6x  cured. 

4.  Dull  pain  on  top  of  head  during  menses  cured  as  by  magic  by  a  few 
doses  of  Ferrum  phos.  (Raue,  Rec.  Horn.  Lit.,  1875.) 

5.  Headache  beginning  every  night  at  ten  o'clock  with  chill  or  congestive 
symptoms.     Magnesia  phos.,  iox  dil.,  cured.   (Translated  by  S.  L.) 

Case  of  young  lady  with  excruciating  nervous  headache,  with  great  sensi- 
tiveness to  noise,  during  the  second  day  of  menstruation.  Kali  phos P  pro- 
duced, immediately  after  taking  it,  a  great  increase  of  the  menstrual 
flow  with  sudden  relief  of  the  headache.  (W.  P.  Wesselhceft,  M.  D.  From 
Hg.) 

M.  K.,  aet.  16,  has  suffered  for  years  from  periodically  returning  head- 
aches. The  pain  is  concentrated  in  the  right  temple,  and  of  a  boring  nature, 
as  if  a  screw  were  being  driven  in— as  the  patient  expresses  herself.  Preced- 
ing this  pain  there  are  burning  sensations  at  the  pit  of  the  stomach,  bitter 
taste  in  the  mouth  and  lassitude.  These  symptoms  are  only  felt  at  night,  or 
in  the  morning.  When  the  attack  comes  on,  the  patient  is  quite  unable  to 
attend  to  any  ordinary  duties.  Generally  vomiting  of  bile  follows,  and  then 
improvement  sets  in.  Natrum  sulph.  daily,  the  size  of  a  bean,  dissolved  in 
water,  and  taken  repeatedly,  cured  the  young  lady  entirely.  (From 
Sch  ussier.) 

Young  lady,  set.  16,  suffered  for  years  from  periodical  attacks  of  sick 
headache,  characterized  by  boring  pain  in  right  temple,  preceded  by  burn- 
ing in  stomach,  bitter  taste,  languor.  Pain  comes  on  at  night  or  in  morn- 
ing, followed  by  vomiting  of  bile,  with  subsequent  relief.  Natrum  sulph.6, 
daily  doses,  cured  permanently. 

HEART,  AFFECTIONS  OF. 

Ferrum  phos. — First  stage  of  all  inflammatory  affections 
of  the  heart.     Endocarditis,  carditis,  pericarditis,  dilatation  of 


228  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

heart  or  of  blood  vessels  (in  alternation  with  Calcarea  fluor., 
the  chief  remedy).     Palpitation  of  the  heart. 

Calcarea  phos. — Non-closure  of  foramen  ovale.  Palpita- 
tion with  anxiety,  followed  by  trembling  weakness.  Weak 
heart  action.     Sharp  pain  around  heart  during  inspiration. 

Kali  mur. — For  that  condition  of  the  blood  that  favors  em- 
bolus, which  acts  as  a  plug.  In  pericarditis  as  a  second  rem- 
edy and  it  may  complete  the  cure.  Palpitation  from  excessive 
flow  of  blood  to  the  heart  in  hypertrophic  conditions. 

Kali  phos. — Functional  complaints  of  the  heart,  intermit- 
tent with  palpitation  after  rheumatic  fever  with  exhaustion. 
Intermittent  action  of  the  heart  with  morbid  nervous  sensi- 
tiveness, effects  of  violent  emotions,  grief  or  care,  weakness  of 
the  heart,  palpitation  from  direct  excitement,  on  ascending 
stairs,  with  shortness  of  breath.  Palpitation  with  nervous- 
ness, anxiety,  melancholia,  sleeplessness  and  restlessness. 
Fainting  from  fright  and  fatigue,  from  weak  action  of  the 
heart.  Palpitation  from  slightest  mental  emotion  or  walking 
up  stairs. 

Kali  sulph. — Pulse  quick  with  slow,  throbbing,  boring 
pain  over  crest  of  ilium,  disinclination  to  speak,  pallid  face. 
Heart  disease  causing  dropsy  (also  Kali  mur.).  Palpitation 
from  effects  of  heat. 

Magnesia  phos. — Sudden  palpitation,  when  a  purely  spas- 
modic affection.     Shooting,  darting  pains  in  region  of  heart. 

Natrum  mur. — Palpitation  with  anaemic  conditions,  watery 
blood,  dropsical  swellings,  etc.  Palpitation  with  anxiety, 
sadness,  etc.  Rapid,  intermittent  pulse  with  morning  head- 
ache. Hydraemia  and  scurvy.  Fluttering  motion  of  the 
heart,  sense  of  constriction. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Dilatation,  enlargement  of  blood  vessels ; 
chief  remedy  to  restore  contractility  to  the  elastic  fibres. 
Dilatation  of  the  heart  with  enlargement  of  the  organ.  Weak 
action  of  heart. 


HICCOUGH.  229 

HICCOUGH. 

Magnesia  phos. — Idiopathic  or  reflex  after  morphine  and 
other  remedies  failed.  Hiccough  very  obstinate,  causing 
long  lasting  soreness. 

Natrum  mur. — Hiccough  after  abuse  and  in  consequence  of 
quinine. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Dr.  Burnett,  in  his  work  on  Natrum  mur.,  relates  a  case  of  singultus  of 
ten  years'  standing,  brought  about  by  abuse  of  quinine  and  renewed  after 
every  dose,  cured  permanently  by  Natrum  mur. 

Obstinate  case  of  singultus  in  a  patient  suffering  from  typhoid  fever, 
almost  continued,  so  violent  in  character  that  the  patient  was  sore  for  three 
days.  Other  remedies  were  tried  without  effect;  prescribed  Magnesia  phos. 
The  result  was  remarkable:  within  an  hour  the  difficulty  was  modified,  and 
the  next  day  he  was  very  much  improved,  and  speedily  yielded  to  the  con- 
tinued use  of  the  reme  ly.  (John  Fearn,  M.  D.,  California  Med.  Journal, 
August,   1S87.) 

HIP  DISEASE. 

Calcarea  phos. — In  the  third  stage  this  remedy  may  stop 
the  further  destruction  of  bone  and  the  suppuration  and  pro- 
mote new  organization. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Discharge  of  pus,  etc. 

Cerrum  phos. — Pain,  throbbing,  heat  and  inflammation  of 
soft  parts. 

Kali  mur. — Second  stage,  when  swelling  of  abscess  has 
commenced. 

Natrum  sulph. — Affections  of  the  left  hip  joint  in  sycotic 
patients  with  hydrogenoid  constitutions,  worse  from  damp- 
ness. 

Silicea. — To  prevent  or  control  suppuration  and  heal  the 
parts.  "  In  the  third  stage,  to  limit  suppuration  and  the  de- 
struction of  bone,  and  to  promote  new  organizations ;  sting- 
ing, itching,  burning  pains  in  small  spots,  sore  pain  in  the 
hip-joints,  in  scrofulous  and  rachitic  children."     (Arndt.) 

Natrum  phos. — Hip  disease  in  scrofulous  subjects. 


230  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

HOARSENESS. 

Ferrum  phos. — Painful  hoarseness  of  singers  or  speakers 
from  over-exertion  of  the  voice,  from  draughts,  colds  and  wet. 
Hoarseness  coming  on  in  the  evening.     Follow  with 

Kali  mur. — Hoarseness,  loss  of  voice  from  cold.  In  obsti- 
nate cases  follow  with  Calcarea  sulph. 

Kali  phos. — Hoarseness  with  exhausted  feeling  from  over- 
exertion of  the  voice,  and  with  nervous  depression,  or  if  rheu- 
matic affection. 

Kali  sulph. — Hoarseness  from  cold,  also  from  over-exertion 
of  vocal  organs. 

Silicea. — Hoarseness  with  irritating  cough. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Obstinate  hoarseness. 

HYDROCELE. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Dropsy  and  induration  of  the  testicles  and 
scrotum. 

Calcarea  phos. — Hydrocele  as  intercurrent. 
Silicea. — Both  recent  and  chronic  forms. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Silicea®®  cured  two  cases  of  hydrocele,  one  left-sided  in  a  babe  four  days 
old,  the  other  right-sided  in  a  child,  set.  4.   (Dr.  Guernsey.) 

A  man  suffered  from  a  herpetic  eruption,  for  the  cure  of  which  Silicea  was 
taken.  But  at  the  same  time  a  sarco-hydrocele  of  large  dimensions,  which 
he  had  carried  about  for  years,  was  reduced  to  a  minimum.— American 
Journal  Homoeopathic  Materia  Medica,  vol.  ii,  p.  205. 

HYDROCEPHALUS. 

See  also  Meningitis. 

Calcarea  phos. — This  is  the  first  remedy  to  be  thought  of 
in  this  disease.  Fontanelles,  especially  the  posterior  one,  wide 
open.  Chronic  hydrocephalus  ;  very  large  head.  Bones  of 
skull  thin  and  friable.  Screaming  and  grasping  the  head 
with  the  hands.  Head  totters.  Eyeballs  protruding.  Ears 
and  nose  cold. 


HYSTERIA.  231 


HYSTERIA. 

Kali  phos. — Hysteria  in  females,  nervous  attacks  from  sud- 
den or  intense  emotions,  or  from  smothering  passion  in  the 
highly  nervous  and  excitable  ;  also  a  feeling  as  of  a  ball  ris- 
ing in  the  throat.  Hysterical  fits  of  laughter  and  crying. 
Hysterical  yawning.  Hysterical  spasms,  with  unconscious- 
ness and  low  muttering  delirium. 

Natrum  mur. — Delaying  or  decreasing  menses.  Somnam- 
bulism. Great  sadness,  fears,  much  mucus  in  urine.  All 
symptoms  relieved  as  soon  as  she  gets  into  a  perspiration. 
(Lilienthal.)     Hysterical  spasms  and  debility. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Miss  R.,  set.  16,  menstruated  once  when  thirteen  years  old,  and  not  since. 
Was  a  remarkably  health}'  and  well-nourished  girl,  until  three  months  be- 
fore she  consulted  me,  when  she  began  to  decline.  She  lost  flesh,  became 
pale,  languid  and  weak,  and  suffered  much  with  her  stomach.  When  I  was 
called  to  see  her  she  was  not  able  to  retain  her  food,  and  it  would  be  vomited 
as  soon  as  taken;  complained  of  great  pain  in  the  stomach  immediately  after 
eating,  even  the  lightest  food;  on  several  occasions  the  pain  caused  severe 
hysterical  convulsions.  The  tongue  was  but  slightly  coated  white;  bowels 
constipated;  abdomen  tympanitic  and  very  sensitive  to  the  slightest  press- 
ure; no  fever,  but  much  thirst;  water,  like  food,  was  ejected  as  soon  as 
swallowed.  At  first  I  thought  that  I  had  a  case  of  nervous  dyspepsia  to  deal 
with,  but  finally  concluded  I  had  a  case  of  true  hysteria,  as  she  was  so  ex- 
tremely nervous  and  hyperaesthetic  all  over,  and  much  given  to  tears  when 
any  one  was  around.  I  also  found  that  she  had  the  convulsions  whenever 
her  plans  were  thwarted  in  any  way,  and  upon  my  threatening  to  put  her  in 
cold  water  if  she  had  another  she  stopped  them.  Fermm  phos.  I2x  relieved 
the  stomach  trouble  in  one  week,  and  Kali  phos.  i2x  relieved  all  of  the  other 
symptoms  in  two  weeks  or  more,  and  my  patient  was  soon  as  strong  and 
healthy  as  before  her  illness.  Menstruation  returned  two  months  after,  and 
she  has  been  all  right  since.      (Geo.  H.  Martin,  M.  D.,  S.  F. ) 

Miss  B.,  aet.  50,  tall,  slender  and  dark,  had  been  suffering  many  years 
from  an  excessively  nervous  condition,  and  would  become  hysterical  upon 
the  slightest  provocation.  She  also  suffered  much  from  spasmodic  reten- 
tion of  urine,  and  often  had  to  use  the  catheter.  One  day  she  came  to  me, 
saying  that  the  end  of  the  catheter  had  been  broken  off  while  she  was  using 
it,  and  the  end  was  still  in  the  bladder.  I  dilated  the  urethra  with  my  fore- 
finger, and  soon  recovered  it,  the  bladder  at  the  time  being  well  filled  with 
urine.  She  would  not  take  an  anaesthetic,  although  I  advised  it,  as  the  pain 
was  intense.  That  evening,  six  hours  after  the  removal  of  the  catheter,  she 
sent  for  me,  saying  that  she  was  in  great  pain  and  very  ill.     When  I  saw 


232  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

her  I  found  her  very  nervous,  and  suffering  much  from  pain  in  the  bladder 
and  abdomen,  with  a  great  desire  to  urinate.  The  abdomen  was  enormously 
distended  and  very  sensitive.  There  was  no  fever.  I  gave  Belladonna  3X 
and  returned  next  morning.  Symptoms  all  worse,  but  still  no  fever.  At- 
tempted to  drain  urine,  but  could  not  introduce  the  soft  rubber  catheter,  as 
the  spasm  of  the  urethra  was  so  great.  Two  hours  later  returned  with  silver 
catheter;  introduced  it,  but  only  got  a  few  drops  of  urine.  Thinking  there 
might  be  some  uterine  trouble,  I  determined  to  examine  and  find  out.  As 
she  was  so  sensitive,  I  gave  her  a  little  Chloroform.  She  had  not  taken  but 
a  few  inhalations  when  the  tympanitis  disappeared.  I  examined  uterus  and 
bladder,  and  found  nothing  abnormal,  so  concluded  she  was  suffering  from 
hysteria.  Gave  Magnesia  phos.  I2x,  which  very  shortly  relieved  bladder 
symptoms,  and  Kali  phos.  i2x  cured  the  case  in  about  ten  days.  She  has 
had  no  more  return  of  the  trouble  since,  and  the  other  symptoms  of  hysteria 
were  also  much  modified.     (Geo.  H.  Martin,  M.  D.,  S.  F. ) 

INFLAMMATIONS  IN  GENERAL. 

Ferrum  phos. — In  the  hypersemic  stage,  indifferent  as  to 
the  organ  involved  and  regardless  of  cause.  Always  before  ex- 
udation has  set  in. 

Kali  mur. — In  the  second  stage,  recent  cell-proliferation 
and  opaque,  white  discharge. 

Kali  sulph. — Riper  yellow,  fatty,  degenerated  secretion. 

Calcarea  sulph. — In  the  third  stage,  that  of  resolution, 
with  purulent,  profuse  secretion. 

Silicea. — Lower  form,  suits  also  the  lower  nerve-irritability. 
(J.  C.  Morgan.) 

INFLUENZA. 

La  Grippe. 

Natrum  sulph. — This  is  the  remedy  for  influenza.  Since 
the  disease  is  caused  by  an  excess  of  water  in  the  cellular 
tissues.  In  the  sequelae  of  this  disease  brought  on  by  treat- 
ment with  other  remedies  Natrum  sulph.  is  curative.  Numer- 
ous cases  have  been  reported  as  cured  with  this  remedy. 

Kali  phos. — Nervous  weakness  and  prostration  following 
an  attack  of  La  Grippe.  Tired  in  the  morning,  twitching  of 
various  muscles  and  neuralgic  pains. 

Magnesia  phos. — Neuralgias  following  La  Grippe,  spas- 
modic in  character,  periodical  and  relieved  by  warmth. 


INTERMITTENT   FEVER.  233 

INTERMITTENT  FEVER. 

Natrum  sulph. — Intermittent  fever  in  all  its  stages  requires 
this  remedy  chiefly  (3X  trit.).  Hydrogenoid  constitution, 
worse  in  damp  weather.  Tertian  form.  The  applicability  of 
Natrum  sulph.  is  shown  by  the  following  physiologico-chemi- 
cal  considerations.  In  ague  patients  the  quantity  of  water  in 
the  blood-corpuscles  and  in  the  blood  serum  is  increased,  and 
consequently  the  amount  of  oxygen  taken  up  by  the  blood  is 
diminished.  Natrum  sulph.  promotes  the  removal  of  excess 
of  water  from  the  organism.  When  by  its  action  the  propor- 
tion of  water  in  the  corpuscles  has  been  reduced  to  the  normal 
condition,  the  corpuscles  are  again  able  to  take  up  the  full 
amount  of  oxygen  and  distribute  it  to  the  tissues.  As  the 
tissues  are  in  this  way  brought  back  from  their  pathological 
to  their  normal  physiological  condition,  they  are  enabled  to 
remove  from  the  organism  the  cause  of  the  ague — be  it 
marsh-gas  (miasma),  or  bacteria  (fungi).  Dry  mountain  air, 
which  is  rich  in  oxygen,  can  cure  ague  spontaneously,  be- 
cause the  organism  takes  up  a  large  amount  of  oxygen  and 
disposes  of  much  water  by  evaporation.  Ague  patients  must 
abstain  from  milk  diet,  buttermilk,  eggs,  fat  and  fish.  "  In- 
termittent fever,  bilious,  bloody  stools ;  greenish  or  bronze 
colored  coating  on  back  of  tongue,  a  very  constant  symptom  ; 
conjunctiva  yellow."     (Duffield.) 

Natrum  phos. — Intermittent  fever  with  vomiting  of  acid, 
sour  masses. 

Magnesia  phos. — Intermittent  fever  with  cramps  in  the 
calves.  Chills  run  up  and  down  the  back  at  7  p.  M.,  also 
severe  chill  at  9  A.  m.  Great  prostration.  Ague  with  violent 
cramps  and  blueness  of  extremities. 

Kali  mur. — Intermittent  fever  when  the  fur  at  the  back  of 
the  tongue  is  of  a  grayish-white  or  white  appearance.  (In 
alternation  with  Natrum  sulph.') 

Kali  phos. — Intermittent  fever  with  debilitating,  profuse 
perspiration.     Quartan  form. 

Ferrum  phos. — Intermittent  fever  with  vomiting  of  food. 


234  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Calcarea  phos. — Chronic  intermittent  fever  of  children,  as 

an  intercurrent  remedy. 

Natrum  mur. — Chill  about  10  or  n  o'clock  a.  m.  Great 
thirst  throughout  all  stages.  Violent  headache  relieved  by- 
perspiration.  Fever-blisters  around  lips.  If  hydroa  be  pres- 
ent in  first  onset  of  the  fever,  even  if  not  present  later,  after 
the  abuse  of  quinine.  In  nursing  children,  hydroa  on  the  lips 
and  later  the  ulcers  which  succeed  them,  with  forenoon  at- 
tacks, are  guiding.  (H.  C.  Allen.)  Masked  intermittents 
appearing  as  neuralgia  of  head  and  face. 

Kali  sulph. — Intermittent  fever  with  yellow,  slimy  coated 
tongue. 

CLINICAL    CASES. 

Mr.  Iv.,  chills  and  fever  for  three  months.  Had  quinine  and  other  reme- 
dies. Paroxysms  every  other  day  at  n  a.  m.,  with  severe  pain  in  limbs  and 
small  of  back ;  chill  lasts  nearly  two  hours,  with  no  thirst  during  chill. 
Fever  all  the  afternoon,  with  bursting  headache  and  intense  thirst  for  large 
quantities  of  cold  water.  Little  or  no  perspiration,  eats  and  sleeps  well, 
and  next  day  resumes  his  occupation.  Nalrum  mur.  30  trit  ,  every  four 
hours,  during  theapyrexia.     Next  chill  light  and  no  return.     (H.  C.  Allen.) 

Dr.  Sherbino,  of  Dallas,  Texas,  reports  two  cases  of  ague  cured  with 
Magnesia  phos.  13X.  The  indications  were:  Before  chill,  pain  in  the  neck, 
stiffness,  pain  down  the  spine;  during  chill,  cramps  in  lower  limbs,  amel- 
iorated by  some  one  taking  hold  of  the  foot  or  feet  and  drawing  on  them  or 
extending  them  [which  will  relieve  any  cramp  in  extremities.— Eds.];  thirst 
before  and  during  chill,  none  during  heat,  or  sweat  relieves;  cramps  and 
vomiting  at  same  time  during  chill.     (S  J.  H.) 

KIDNEY,  AFFECTIONS  OF. 

Ferrum  phos. — In  Bright's  disease,  when  feverishness  is 
present.  Inflammatory  stage  of  nephritis;  all  inflammatory 
pain  is  relieved  by  this  remedy.  "  Urine  has  a  profuse  mu- 
cous sediment ;  blood  is  red  and  charged  with  blood  corpus- 
cles."    (Arndt.) 

Natrum  mur. — Tension  and  heat  in  renal  region.  Brick- 
dust  sediment ;  haematuria.  Dr.  Menninger  claims  that  this 
drug  will  produce  a  decrease  in  the  amount  of  albumen,  and 
an  increase  in  the  amount  of  urea,  and  a  very  marked  increase 
in  the  quantity  of  chlorides  eliminated.     In  Bright's  disease 


LABOR,  PREGNANCY,  ETC.  235 

he  recommends  it  as  an  adjunct  to  all  recognized  modes  of 
treatment. 

Kali  mur. — Inflammatory  diseases  of  the  kidneys,  for  the 
swelling.  Croupous  nephritis.  Cardiac  asthma  with  sensa- 
tion as  if  the  heart  and  lungs  were  constricted.  Nephritis 
parenchymatosa  with  much  albumen  in  urine.  Dirty,  yellow 
sediment. 

Kali  phos. — For  the  great  functional  disturbance  of  nerve- 
centres,  in  alternation  with  Calcarea  phos.  for  the  albumen. 
CEdema  pulmonum,  intermittent  action  of  heart. 

Calcarea  phos. — Albuminous  urine  calls  for  the  use  of  this 
remedy  in  alternation  with  Kali  phos.     Bright's  disease. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Zwingenberg  cured  a  case  of  nephritis 
scarlatinosa  with  this  remedy. 

Kali  sulph. — Diseases  of  the  kidneys  after  scarlet  fever, 
albuminous  urine. 

Natrum  phos. — Gravel  in  the  kidneys. 

Natrum  sulph. — Aids  in  the  throwing  off  of  gravel  by  in- 
creasing the  secretion  of  urine. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

I  have  had  two  cases  of  Bright's  disease  following  scarlatina.  Tube  casts 
were  present.  Albumen,  general  anasarca.  Heart  weakness.  Retinitis 
albuminurica.  There  seemed  to  be  extensive  destruction  of  tissue,  and  as 
the  cases  also  presented  a  profuse  desquamation,  I  gave  them  Calcarea 
sulph.  6x,  which  speedily  brought  about  a  cure.     (C.  E.  Fisher,  M.  D.) 

G.  S.,  an  old  man  of  77,  consulted  me  for  what  he  called  a  "  laziness  of 
his  kidneys."  Urine  was,  in  fact,  very  scanty  and  loaded  with  albumen. 
The  case  seemed,  at  first  sight,  to  be  a  hopeless  one;  he  was  also  forgetful 
and  quite  nervous.  I  gave  him  Calcarea  phos.  6xtr.,  a  dose  every  two  hours 
in  alternation  with  Kali  phos.  After  six  weeks'  treatment,  urine  was  nor- 
mal, his  memory  was  somewhat  restored,  and  since  six  months  he  has  not 
complained.  As  to  diet,  I  only  recommended  to  him  to  eat  asparagus  just 
as  much  as  he  could  at  his  meals,  and  continue  the  use  of  the  aforementioned 
medicines.     (E.  A.  de  Cailhol,  M.  D.) 

LABOR,   PREGNANCY,   ETC. 

Ferrum  phos. — "  I  am  in  the  habit  of  giving  this  remedy 
after  parturition  with  marked  relief  of  after-pains,  and  pre- 
ventive of  the  fever  of  lactation."  (W.  M.  Pratt,  M.  D.,  North 


236  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

American  Journal  Homoeopathy,  May,  1883.)  Mastitis,  first 
stage.  Metritis,  first  stage.  Morning  sickness,  vomiting  of 
undigested  food.  Rigid  os,  with  flushed  face,  restless,  anxious 
and  impatient.     Morning  sickness  with  vomiting  of  food. 

Kali  phos. — Feeble  and  ineffectual  labor-pains,  spurious 
labor-pains.  Tedious  labor  from  constitutional  weakness ; 
this  remedy  gives  vigor  and  helps  materially.  Labor-pains 
weak  and  irregular.  Rigid  os,  with  thick,  doughy  lips,  pa- 
tient restless,  tearful  and  nervous.  "  For  three  years  I  have 
employed  Kali  phos. *  in  doses  the  size  of  a  bean,  dry  on  the 
tongue,  every  ten  or  fifteen  minutes,  as  a  remedy  to  excite 
labor-pains.  It  has  never  failed  me,  and  I  seldom  have  to 
give  the  third  dose.  My  practice  is  extensive ;  have  had 
over  ninety  cases  in  six  years.  Magnesia  phos.,  in  spasmodic 
pains  and  eclampsia,  has  done  well  for  me.  I  give  generally 
after  the  birth  Ferrum  phos.,  a  dose  daily,  to  avoid  inflamma- 
tion." (Dr.  Rozas,  Pop.  Zeit,  April,  1887.)  '  After  pains 
usually  the  best  remedy.  If  given  steadily  several  weeks 
before  labor,  confinement  is  less  painful. 

Kali  mur. — Chief  remedy  in  puerperal  fever.  Mastitis  to 
control  the  swelling  before  matter  has  formed.  Vomiting  of 
white  phlegm. 

Magnesia  phos. — Spasmodic  labor  pains  with  cramp  in  the 
legs,  excessive  expulsive  efforts.  Puerperal  convulsions. 
Rigid  os,  thin  lips.     Pains  weak  and  short. 

Calcarea  phos. — Burning  pains,  hardness  and  soreness  in 
mammae,  they  feel  enlarged.  Spoiled  milk  of  mother,  salty 
and  bluish,  child  will  not  take  it.  Decline  after  puerpera,  or 
during  pregnancy.  Prolapsus  in  debilitated  persons.  Espe- 
cially suited  to  rheumatic  patients.  Menstruation  during  lac- 
tation. Soreness  in  sacro-iliac  synchondroses.  Weariness  in 
all  limbs  during  pregnancy. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Mastitis,  when  matter  is  discharging  after 
prolonged  nursing.     Silicea. 

Calcarea  fluor. — After-pains  if  too  weak,  contractions  fee- 
ble.    Hard  knots  in  the  breast.     Hemorrhages.    This  remedy 


IvEUCORRHCEA.  237 

strengthens  the  elastic  tissue  of  the  gravid  uterus,  making 
parturition  easy.  (S.  J.  Hogan,  M.  D.) 

Natrum  mur. — Morning  sickness,  vomiting  of  frothy 
watery  phlegm,  milk  watery  and  bluish. 

Natrum  phos. — Morning  sickness  with  vomiting  of  sour 
masses.  This  remedy  if  given  early  in  mastitis  will  prevent 
suppuration. 

Natrum  sulph. — Lessens  the  secretion  of  milk. 

Silicea. — Suppuration  of  mammae,  chronic  fistulous  open- 
ings. Hard  lumps  in  breast.  Child  refuses  milk,  or  vomits  as 
soon  as  taken.     Nipples  crack  and  ulcerate. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

"  The  better  acquainted  I  become  with  this  system  the  more  pleased  I  am 
with  it.  In  labor,  when  the  pains  are  too  weak  and  irregular,  I  have  seen 
nothing  act  more  promptly  and  effectually  than  Kali  phos.  For  spasmodic, 
crampy  pains,  Magnesia  phos.  is  a  gem.  After  a  delivery,  I  give  Ferrum 
phos.,  where  I  used  to  give  Aeon,  and  Act.  rac.,  to  be  followed  or  accom- 
panied by  whatever  may  be  indicated.  I  also  use  as  a  wash  3X  to  the  vulva 
and  abdomen,  and  for  syringing  the  vagina  morning  and  night.  The  parts 
heal  quickly  under  this  treatment,  and  with  the  use  of  other  remedies,  as  in- 
dicated, the  patient  makes  a  good  recovery. — Eelectic  Medical  Journal,  E. 
H.  Holbrook,  M.  D. 

A  Portuguese  house  servant,  mother  of  three  healthy  children,  had  not 
been  well  from  the  beginning  of  her  fourth  pregnancy.  About  six  weeks  be- 
fore full  time  she  was  threatened  with  a  miscarriage.  Had  passed  water  and 
blood;  the  pains  were  severe  and  well  directed;  the  oswas  dilating  and  I  felt 
so  positive  that  labor  was  unavoidable  that  I  advised  her  to  keep  about  her 
duties,  and  gave  her  Kali  phosphoricum  6x  to  help  her  along.  To  my  great 
surprise  the  pain  ceased,  and  she  went  on  to  full  time.  I  then  delivered  her 
of  a  scrawny,  undersized  child  which  lived  three  days.  (T.  C.  Wiggins, 
M.  D.) 

LEUCORRHCEA. 

See  also  Women,  Diseases  of. 

Kali  mur. — Discharge  of  milky-white,  non-irritating  mucus, 
mild. 

Kali  phos. — L,eucorrhcea,  scalding  and  acrid,  yellowish, 
blistering,  orange  colored. 

Kali  sulph. — Leucorrhoea,  discharge  of  yellow,  greenish, 
slimy  or  watery  secretions. 


238  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Natrum  mur. — Leucorrhcea,  a  watery,  scalding,  irritating 
discharge,  smarting  after  or  between  the  periods.  Greenish, 
after  walking,  in  the  morning,  with  headache,  colic,  itching 
of  vulva,  and  bearing-down  pressure.  After  topical  applica- 
tion of  nitrate  of  silver. 

Natrum  phos. — Leucorrhcea,  discharge  creamy  or  honey- 
colored,  or  acid  and  watery,  discharges  from  the  uterus  sour- 
smelling,  acrid. 

Natrum  sulph. — Leucorrhcea,  acrid,  corrosive,  inflames 
part. 

Calcarea  phos. — Leucorrhcea,  as  a  constitutional  tonic  and 
intercurrent  with  the  chief  remedy  ;  a  discharge  of  albumin- 
ous mucus.  Leucorrhcea  worse  after  menses,  looks  like  white 
of  egg,  with  feeling  of  weakness  in  sexual  organs,  worse  after 
stool  and  urination.  Parts  pulsate  with  voluptuous  feelings. 
Patient  takes  cold  readily. 

Silicea. — Leucorrhcea  instead  of  the  menses,  preceded  by 
colicky  pains,  also  during  micturition  and  following  obstinate 
constipation.  Deficiency  of  animal  heat.  Especially  for 
over-sensitive,  weakly  women,  whose  constitutions  are  imper- 
fectly nourished  owing  to  deficient  or  imperfect  assimilation. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

M.  M.,  a  young  lady,  aet.  17.  consulted  me  on  account  of  an  obstinate 
acrid  leucorrhcea.  I  tried  the  whole  series  of  remedies  indicated  for  such 
cases.  All  were  without  effect,  so  that  I  could  not  but  wonder  at  the  patience 
and  perseverance  of  the  patient,  whom  I  saw  once  a  week.  In  this  case 
Schiissler  again  helped  me  out  of  the  dilemma.  Kali  mur.  effected  a  quick 
and  permanent  cure.     (Dr.  S.  from  Schiissler.) 

; 
LIVER,  AFFECTIONS  OF. 

See  also  Gastric  Derangements. 

Ferrum  phos. — Inflammatory  stage  of  hepatitis. 

Kali  mur. — Jaundice,  if  the  disease  has  been  caused  by  a 
chill  resulting  in  a  catarrh  of  the  duodenum  ;  white-coated 
tongue,  stools  light-colored,  sluggish  action  of  the  liver,  some- 
times pain  in  the  right  side,  light-yellow  color  of  the  evacua- 


MECHANICAL   INJURIES.  239 

tions  denoting  want  of  bile,  accompanied  by  white  or  grayish- 
furred  tongue  and  constipation. 

Kali  phos. — If  nervous  system  be  depressed. 

Natrum  phos. — In  lowest  potencies  for  sclerosis  of  the  liver 
and  the  hepatic  form  of  diabetes,  especially  when  there  is  a 
succession  of  boils. 

Natrum  sulph. — Irritable  liver,  bilious  attack,  too  much 
bile,  if  after  excessive  study  or  mental  work  (also  Kali  phos.). 
Bitter  taste.  Vomiting  of  bitter  matter  or  bile.  Jaundice 
arising  from  vexation,  with  bilious,  green  evacuations  or 
greenish-brown  coated  tongue,  or  sallow  skin ;  yellow  eye- 
balls. Congestion  of  liver,  with  soreness  and  sharp,  sticking 
pains.     Chief  remedy. 

Natrum  mur. — Jaundice  with  drowsiness  and  any  of  the 
symptoms  present  peculiar  to  this  group  of  ailments.  Pain 
in  region  of  liver. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Pain  in  region  of  liver,  in  right  side  of 
pelvis,  followed  by  weakness,  nausea  and  pain  in  stomach. 

Kali  sulph. — Jaundice  from  gastric  catarrh.     Purging. 

Silicea. — Abscess  of  liver.  Throbbing  and  ulcerative  pain 
in  hepatic  region. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Last  summer  my  second  daughter  returned  from  a  visit  to  New  Jersey  with 
an  immense  wart  on  her  hand.  In  a  few  days  she  was  taken  quite  ill  with 
fever,  which  I  took  to  be  of  a  bilious  nature;  gave  Natrum  siclph.  She  be- 
came deeply  jaundiced  and  grew  worse  while  taking  this  remedy.  I  then 
changed  to  Kali  mur.  and  she  began  to  improve  immediately  and  was  well 
in  a  few  days.  After  she  had  taken  a  few  doses  of  the  Kali  mur.  the  jaun- 
dice began  to  abate  and  the  wart  fell  off.     ( E.  H.  H.) 

MARASMUS. 
See    Atrophy. 

MECHANICAL  INJURIES. 

Ferrum  phos. — This  is  the  first  remedy  in  bruises  and  in 
fractures  to  meet  the  accompanying  injuries  to  the  soft  parts. 
The  first  remedy  in  cuts,  falls  or  blows,  fresh  wounds  and 


240  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

sprains.  It  prevents  pain,  congestion,  swelling  or  feverish- 
ness.  Can  also  be  used  externally.  Strains  of  ligaments  or 
tendons.  Tenalgia  crepitans.  Dr.  Sara  J.  Allen,  of  Charlotte, 
Mich.,  reports  gratifying  results  in  the  use  of  Ferrum  phos. 
6x  in  injuries.  Prescribed  according  to  the  above  indica- 
tions. 

Kali  mur. — Swelling  of  contused  parts,  cuts  with  swelling, 
the  second  remedy  in  sprains,  exuberant  granulations,  proud 
flesh.  "  To  remove  the  ecchymosis  remaining  after  a  bruise 
I  have  found  Kali  mur.  incorporated  with  cocoa  butter  effica- 
cious."    (E.  H.  H.) 

Calcarea  sulph. — Bruises,  cuts,  wounds,  etc.,  when  neg- 
lected and  suppuration  sets  in,  wound  discharges  pus. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Bruises  of  the  bones,  shins,  etc. 

Silicea. — Neglected  cases  of  injuries,  festering  and  threaten- 
ing suppuration.  Wounds  when  discharging  thick,  yellow 
matter  ;  also  deep-seated  suppuration.  This  should  be  given 
first,  then  Calcarea  sulph. 

Natrum  sulph. — Injuries  to  the  skull  and  effects  therefrom. 
Mental  troubles  from  a  jar  or  knock  on  the  head.     (Kent.) 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Young  man  hurled  from  a  truck  in  the  fire  department.  He  struck  his 
head.  Following  this  for  five  or  six  months  he  had  fits.  Was  very  irrita- 
ble, wanted  to  die.  His  fits  drove  him  to  distraction.  Never  knew  when 
they  were  coming  on.  They  were  epileptiform  in  character.  Had  constant 
pain  in  the  head;  much  photophobia.  Natrum  sulph.  was  given,  and  the 
first  dose  cured  him.  He  has  never  had  any  pain  about  the  head  since,  has 
had  no  more  mental  trouble  and  no  more  fits.  (Prof.  J.  T.  Kent,  Medical 
Advance,  Sept.,  1886.) 

In  September,  last  autumn,  I  was  in  the  Highlands.  The  dairymaid  of  a 
farmer  there  spoke  to  me,  saying  she  had  hurt  her  thumb  while  sharpening 
a  scythe.  The  case  proved  to  be  this:  The  whole  thumb  of  the  left  hand 
was  swollen,  and  of  a  bluish-red  color,  and  very  painful  when  touched,  much 
inflamed,  and  there  was  a  small  wound  at  the  extensor  side  at  the  joint 
above  the  nail.  On  pressure  there  was  a  whitish-yellow  discharge,  mixed 
with  white  shreds.  Both  phalanges  were  easily  displaced,  and  a  peculiar 
noise  was  heard,  which  I  had  observed  before  in  similar  cases.  This  fact 
made  me  decide  on  giving  Calcarea  fluor.  The  medical  man  in  the  village, 
whom  the  farmer  had  consulted,  said  amputation  was  the  only  thing  that 
could  be  done  for  the  case.     She  took  Calcarea  fluor.;  and  some  time  after, 


MECHANICAL   INJURIES.  241 

the  farmer  had  occasion  to  see  me,  when  he  informed  me  that  the  servant's 
thumb  was  quite  well.     |  From  Schiissler.) 

Ferrum  phos.  ix  Soreness  axd  Tenderness. — If  biochemistry  had 
only  developed  this  remedy  it  would  have  given  mankind  the  greatest  bless- 
ing in  the  Materia  Medica.  I  use  it  more  than  any  other  remedy  and  get 
good  results. 

I  used  it  in  a  very  satisfactory  way  in  the  following  case : 

Mrs.  D.,  aged  42,  never  had  been  a  strong  person,  and  wanted  "  tonics" 
all  the  time  from  her  former  physicians.  She  took  cold  very  easily  and  had 
much  soreness  in  her  throat  and  chest.  She  had  frequent  headache,  which 
was  worse  in  the  temples.  The  pain  in  her  head  was  generally  throbbing 
and  beating.  Head  always  sore  to  the  touch.  She  had  more  or  less  pain  in 
her  eyes,  which  were  always  worse  on  motion.  She  said  they  were  tender. 
Her  face  was  flushed  and  burning,  and  her  tongue  was  clean  and  red.  She 
said  she  had  dyspepsia  for  years,  with  a  tenderness  in  her  stomach  and  bowels. 
Her  sexual  organs  were  tender  and  sore. 

Her  flesh  was  always  sore  and  tender.  The  soreness  and  tenderness  of  all 
the  parts  called  my  attention  to  the  remedy.  I  gave  her  instructions  in  a 
general  way  in  regard  to  diet,  baths  and  exercise,  also  full  directions  about 
the  care  of  her  bowels.  Ferrum  phos.  3X,  two  tablets  every  two  hours,  were 
given,  and  her  recovery  was  remarkable.  Within  four  months  she  had  no 
soreness  and  tenderness,  and  could  truthfully  say  she  was  enjoying  better 
health  than  she  ever  expected  to  do. 

I  always  think  of  this  remedy  in  cases  that  have  either  tenderness,  irrita- 
tion, congestion,  fever  or  inflammation  of  any  part  or  parts.  It  can  be  relied 
upon  in  all  injuries  of  the  soft  tissues,  as  I  have  proven  to  myself  many  times 
in  my  surgical  work.      (O.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D. ) 

"Silicea  in  Neglected  Injury.  "—Mr.  G.,  aged  40  years,  injured  his 
limb  below  the  knee  about  eighteen  years  ago,  which  caused  the  limb  to  be- 
come inflamed  and  suppurate  in  two  or  three  places.  He  carried  the  limb  in 
this  condition,  being  better  and  worse,  until  I  saw  him  four  months  ago, 
when  I  commenced  to  treat  him.  His  symptoms  were  always  worse  at  night, 
when  he  would  have  pain  shooting  up  and  down  the  leg,  especially  if  the 
room  would  get  cool.     Warm  applications  would  relieve  the  pain. 

The  ulcers  discharged  free!}-  thick  yellow  pus.  He  had  one  or  two  fistu- 
lous abscesses  of  long  standing  that  were  surrounded  by  a  dark  bluish  border. 
His  general  health  was  very  much  impaired,  and  I  found  him  very  low  just 
after  he  had  had  a  severe  chill  of  one  hour.  He  was  badly  afflicted  with 
chronic  dyspepsia  and  acid  eructations,  with  an  occasional  attack  of  heart- 
burn and  chilliness.  I  soon  found  that  Silicea  was  the  only  remedy  that 
would  govern  the  pain  and  give  comfortable  sleep  at  night,  and  also  improve 
his  general  condition.  His  improvement  has  been  very  satisfactory,  and  it 
is  certainly  a  great  victory  for  the  remedy,  as  everything  in  the  medicine 
line  had  been  used  without  any  material  benefit.      (O.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D.) 

Miss  J ,  aged  24,  had  injured  her  coccyx  by  falling  astride  a  boulder 

while  walking  in  the  bed  of  a  dried-up  stream.  May  22,  1S93,  she  com- 
plained of  much  distress  in  the  occiput  and  had  severe  pain  in  the  spine  if 
she  became  fatigued,  which  occurred  after  slight  exertion  about  the  house, 
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242  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

or  after  a  short  walk.  An  hour  of  shopping  would  lay  her  aside  for  days. 
Had  to  move  her  head  forward,  but  if  it  were  kept  forward  she  had  a  sense 
of  faintness.  She  took  nothing  but  Kali  phosphoricum  6x  till  June  16th, 
when  I  gave  her  Pulsatilla,  because  her  period  was  delayed.  This  being  un- 
usual, I  looked  to  see  if  the  remedy  might  be  responsible,  and  found  that  it 
produced  a  "retention  or  delay  of  the  monthly  flow."  I  directed  that  Kali 
phosphoricum  should  be  continued  after  the  period  was  over,  taking  two 
doses  daily  instead  of  four  as  formerly. 

There  had  been  a  steady  and  marked  improvement  during  these  three 
weeks.  She  then  went  to  Chicago  and  did  as  prolonged  and  faithful  work 
at  the  fair  as  any  of  her  party  who  were  supposed  to  be  well.  After  this  she 
was  quiet  in  the  country  until  October,  and  she  returned  in  very  good  con- 
dition. On  resuming  her  old  life  the  same  symptoms  returned  after  a  time, 
and  again  she  came  under  my  care.  Kali  phosphoricum  always  benefited 
her,  but  it  was  not  until  after  galvanism  had  been  applied  directly  to  the 
seat  of  the  injury,  and  she  had  had  rest  for  another  summer,  that  she  found 
herself  quite  restored. 

I  do  not  cite  this  case  to  prove  that  Kali  phosphoricum  will  make  sound 
an  injured  coccyx;  only  to  show  its  power  to  relieve  many  disturbing  symp- 
toms arising  from  so  profound  a  disturbance  to  the  nervous  system.  (T.  C. 
Wiggins,  M.  D.) 

MEASLES. 

Ferrum  phos. — Measles  in  all  stages,  especially  in  the  in- 
itiatory and  prodromic,  also  for  the  symptoms  of  inflamma- 
tory affections  of  the  chest,  eyes  or  nose,  or  ears. 

Kali  mur. — For  the  hoarse  cough,  for  all  the  glandular 
swellings  and  the  furred  tongue,  with  white  or  gray  deposit, 
it  is  the  second  remedy.  For  the  after-effects  of  measles. 
Diarrhoea,  whitish  or  light-colored,  loose  stools,  white  tongue. 
Deafness  from  swelling  in  the  throat,  etc. 

Kali  sulph. — Suppressed  rash,  rash  suddenly  recedes  with 
harsh  and  dry  skin.  This  remedy  will  assist  the  returning  of 
the  rash. 

Natrum  mur. — Measles,  if  there  be  an  excessive  secretion 
of  tears  or  of  saliva,  as  an  intercurrent  remedy. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Dr.  Kock,  of  Munich,  reports:  In  thirty-five  cases  of  measles  which  came 
under  my  treatment,  coryza  and  bronchial  catarrh  were  very  slight  in  the 
premonitory  stage.  Conjunctivitis  and  intolerance  of  light  along  with  it 
were  the  more  prominent  symptoms.  Within  a  few  days  after,  the  rash  ap- 
peared, lasting  five  or  six  days,  and  then  disappeared.     But  either  during 


MENINGITIS.  243 

the  blush  of  the  rash  or  the  fading  of  it,  painful  swelling  of  one  or  both 
glands  below  the  ear  set  in.  The  children  again  become  feverish,  and  were 
crying  and  moaning  both  day  and  night.  The  remedy  which  I  now  chose 
was  Ferrum  phos.,  and,  according  to  the  violence  of  the  fever,  I  ordered  a 
spoonful  of  the  solution  every  hour  or  two.  I  gave  it  at  the  premonitory 
stage,  and  when  I  saw  that  it  proved  very  satisfactory,  I  looked  for  no  other 
remedy.  For  the  glandular  swelling,  external  redness  and  painfulness,  I 
used  the  same  medicine,  and  my  cases  ended  very  satisfactorily.  ( From 
Schiissler. ) 

MENINGITIS. 

Ferrum  phos. — First  stage  of  meningitis,  high  fever,  quick 
pulse,  delirium,  etc. 

Kali  mur. — The  second  remedy,  when  effusion  takes  place. 

Calcarea  phos. — The  chief  remedy  in  hydrocephalus,  acute 
and  chronic.  Hydrocephaloid  conditions,  open  fontanelles, 
flat,  depressed,  etc.  Prevents  hydrocephalus  in  families  pre- 
disposed thereto.  Give  a  powder  of  the  second  trituration 
morning  and  evening.  When  already  developed,  alternate 
with  Argent,  nit.6     (Grauvogl.) 

Natrum  sulph. — Violent  head-pains,  especially  at  base  of 
brain  and  back  of  neck.  Crushing  pain,  as  if  base  of  brain 
were  crushed  in  a  vise,  or  something  gnawing  there.  After 
injuries  to  the  head. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Mr.  D.,  from  Er.,  suffered  from  meningitis,  and  a  prognosis  of  the  attend- 
ing allopath  was  designated  as  at  least  doubtful,  and  nothing  was  prescribed. 
The  case  was  especially  severe,  since  in  his  family  there  was  a  history  of 
hereditary  brain  disease,  and  his  nearest  male  relatives  had  died  of  it.  At 
the  time  I  was  called  the  patient  had  been  nearly  two  days  in  a  frightful 
delirium,  that  had  increased  almost  to  madness.  Consciousness  had  disap- 
peared; temperature  over  400.  I  ordered  Ferrum  phos.  and  Kali  phose. 
After  a  week  I  found  the  patient  free  from  fever,  still  somewhat  weak,  but 
subjectively  fully  recovered.  To  hasten  the  convalescence  I  gave  Calc. 
phos.,  and  eight  days  later  the  patient  was  able  to  be  out  and  at  his  calling- 
(Dr.  Quesse.) 

MENTAL  STATES. 

Ferrum    phos. — Consequences   of   anger.     Indifference   to 
ordinary  matters,  loss  of  courage  and  hope,  trifles  annoy. 
Kali  phos. — Brain-fag  from  overwork,  with  loss  of  appetite, 


244  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

stupor,  depressed  spirits,  irritability,  or  great  impotence,  loss 
of  memory  or  sleeplessness.  Crossness  and  irritability  in  chil- 
dren ;  ill  temper  often  arising  from  nervous  disturbances. 
Fear,  fretfulness  in  children,  crying  and  screaming.  Som- 
nambulism. Very  nervous,  starts  at  the  slightest  sound,  talks 
while  asleep,  wants  to  be  carried  while  awake  from  room  to 
room.  Wakes  easily.  Rambling  talk  while  awake.  De- 
spondency about  business  and  pecuniary  affairs.  Indisposi- 
tion to  mix  with  people.  Low  spirits,  feeling  of  faintness. 
Dread  of  noise.  Oversensitiveness  to  noise.  Dulness,  want 
of  energy,  timidity.  Hallucinations,  homesickness.  Morbid 
activity  of  memory,  haunted  by  visions  of  the  past  and  long- 
ing after  them.  Hypochondriasis,  melancholy,  ill-humored  from 
nervous  exhaustion.  Mental  illusions  (an  abnormal  condition 
of  the  gray  nervous  matter),  false  impressions  and  fancies. 
Lassitude,  depressed  state,  want  of  energy.  Madness,  loss  of 
correct  reasoning  faculty  requires  this  remedy.  Mania  in  its 
various  stages  and  degrees.  Melancholy  accompanying  ex- 
hausting drains  affecting  the  nerve-centres  of  the  spinal  cord. 
Loss  of  memory.  Melancholia  from  overstrain  of  the  mind. 
Night  terrors  in  children ;  they  awake  screaming  and  in 
fright.  Restlessness  and  irritability.  Too  keen  sensitive- 
ness. Sighing  and  depression,  with  inclination  to  look  at  the 
dark  side  of  everything.  Sighing  and  moaning  in  sleep. 
Shyness,  excessive  blushing  from  emotional  sensitiveness, 
lack  of  controlling  force  over  the  nerves  of  the  coats  of  the 
vessels.  Starts  on  being  touched,  or  at  sudden  noises  ;  whin- 
ing disposition,  makes  "  mountains  out  of  mole-hills."  After- 
effects of  grief. 

Natrum  sulph. — Suicidal  tendency,  must  exercise  great  re- 
straint. Mental  troubles  arising;  from  falls  and  injuries  to  head. 
Music  unbearable.     Makes  him  melancholic. 

Magnesia  phos. — Illusions  of  senses.  Very  forgetful.  Dul- 
ness and  inability  to  think  clearly.  Indisposed  to  any  mental 
effort. 

Natrum  mur. — Great  sadness,  apprehension  for  the  future, 
like   to  dwell  on  unpleasant   occurrences,   consolation  only 


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makes  matters  worse.  Hypochondriasis,  accompanied  with 
dryness  and  irritable  conditions  of  mucous  membranes,  and 
constipation  with  hard  stool.  Sadness  with  palpitation, 
avoids  company,  being  too  easily  vexed. 

Natrum  phos. — Nervous,  irritable,  vexed  at  trifles.  Anxious 
and  apprehensive.  Imagines  that  pieces  of  furniture  are  per- 
sons ;  that  he  hears  footsteps  in  the  next  room. 

Silicea. — Imagines  he  is  in  two  places  at  the  same  time. 
Monomania  about  pins.  L-onging  for  home  and  relatives, 
pensive,  obstinate,  irascible.  Prostration  and  nervous  weak- 
ness, restlessness  and  heavy  dreams  accompany  symptoms, 
which  are  also  aggravated  about  the  time  of  full  moon,  in 
change  of  weather  and  during  a  storm. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Great  depression,  with  groundless  fear  of 
financial  ruin.     Indecision. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

Idiocy. — In  January,  1S91,  a  lady  came  to  consult  me  about  the  mental 
condition  of  her  youngest  boy.  Her  boy  C.  S.  was  then  26  years  old,  5 
feet  8  inches  tall  and  although  pretty  strong  physically,  appetite  good,  etc., 
he  was  a  perfect  idiot,  unable  to  answer  any  questions  except  by  yes  or  no, 
and  even  these  answers  were  stupid.  His  appearance  and  his  manner  of 
acting  was  that  of  a  child  only  a  few  years  old.  I  remarked  that  all  his 
teeth  were  decayed,  and  that  one  side  of  his  head,  the  left,  was  a  great  deal 
smaller  than  the  right.  He  was  very  nervous  in  his  demeanor,  unable  to 
remain  quiet  on  the  chair  for  five  minutes,  and  when  these  spells  of  nervous- 
ness reached  the  paroxysm,  he  generally  tore  off  all  his  clothing  and  flung 
it  in  every  direction  about  the  room,  until  he  was  completely  naked.  How- 
ever, he  seemed  to  have  some  fear  or  respect  for  his  old  mother,  the  only 
one,  indeed,  able  to  handle  him  He  was  not  addicted  to  masturbation,  but 
absolutely  nothing  seemed  to  interest  him. 

From  time  to  time  for  several  years,  this  boy  had  been  treated  by  several 
physicians  of  the  old  school,  but  without  any  success.  This  patient  was  the 
seventh  child  of  the  family  ;  all  the  others  were  healthy,  as  also  were 
the  father  and  mother.  I  inquired  if  during  the  pregnancy  of  the 
mother  with  this  child  she  had  been  subject  to  any  accident  or  fright. 
She  answered  no;  on  the  contrary,  she  had  always  had  a  quiet  and  happy 
life. 

I  prescribed  for  this  patient:  Magnesia  phos.,  Calcarea  phos.,  both  in  the 
3x  tr.,  in  5-grain  doses  to  be  taken  in  alternation  every  hour  during  the  day, 
the  boy  usually  sleeping  very  quietly  at  night;  I  recommended  that  the 
patient  be  brought  to  me  every  week;  of  course,  I  did  not  promise  a  cure, 


246  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

but  warned  the  mother  to  be  patient  with  the  poor  boj',  for  the  treatment 
would  be  a  long  and  tedious  one. 

After  a  month  of  the  above  treatment,  the  mother  reported  that  the  bad 
nervous  spells  of  tearing  the  clothing  were  stopped;  the  boy  was  more 
quiet,  following  her  all  over  the  house,  and  seeming  to  take  interest  in  her 
household  work. 

Two  months  after  the  beginning  of  the  treatment,  his  intelligence  seemed 
to  develop  in  some  respect;  he  helped  the  mother  sweeping  the  rooms 
and  washing  the  dishes  without  breaking  them,  getting  interested  in  many 
different  other  things,  particularly  in  looking  at  images  or  photos,  and 
pointing  correctly  that  such  and  such  were  pictures  of  his  brothers  and 
sisters,  etc.  After  the  fourth  month  of  treatment,  I  advised  the  mother  to 
let  him  go  with  his  brothers,  that  were  carpenters,  and  see  whether  he 
could  make  himself  useful  for  them  in  their  work.  So  he  did;  he  com- 
menced by  helping  them  in  carrying  boards  and  sometimes  planing  them 
when  necessary;  week  after  week  he  became  more  and  more  interested  in 
their  work. 

Finally,  after  eight  months'  treatment,  always  under  Magnesia  phos.  and 
Calcarea  phos.,  he  was  able  to  do  eight  hours  of  common  carpenter  work  for 
his  brothers,  and  to  make  $2  a  day,  without  experiencing  any  dislike,  fatigue 
or  laziness.  He  is  still  working  steady,  of  course,  like  a  man  of  poor  intel- 
lect, but  he  is  no  more  a  burden  as  before  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  his  poor 
old  mother. 

The  improvement  of  that  idiot  has  been  permanent  until  now.  (Dr.  E. 
A.  de  Cailhol,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.) 

Patient,  ast.  89,  suffering  from  deep  hypochondriasis,  melancholia,  tedi- 
ousness  of  life,  fear  of  death,  mistrust,  downhearted  and  morose.  After  the 
failure  of  the  ordinary  homoeopathic  remedies,  he  was  entirely  restored  by 
Kali  phos.6. 

Another  case  of  religious  melancholia,  of  three  weeks'  standing,  in  a 
woman,  was  entirely  cured  by  Kali  phos.6  in  one  week.  (Dr  Arnberg,  Allg. 
Horn.  Zeit.,  i88t.)     Detailed  description  below. 

MissM.,  the  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  M.,  has  been  suffering  since  her 
eighteenth  year  from  occasional  attacks  of  aberration  of  the  mind.  But  as 
years  passed  on,  these  attacks  of  insanity  became  worse  and  more  frequent, 
until  it  was  deemed  advisable  by  her  brother  to  make  arrangements  with 
the  doctor  of  the  lunatic  asylum  in  the  district  to  have  her  removed  there. 
As  a  last  recourse,  a  friend  called  to  see  if  new  remedies  could  be  of  any 
service  in  such  a  hopeless  case  Having  assured  him  that  Kali  phos.  would 
do  her  good,  they  gave  it  very  steadily,  four  doses  daily  for  weeks.  This 
was  four  years  ago.  The  result  was  most  satisfactory.  After  taking  it 
she  never  had  another  attack,  and  is  completely  cured;  able  to  superintend 
home  duties,  receive  callers  and  make  calls,  which  she  had  not  been  able 
to  do  for  years,  on  account  of  feeling  so  nervous  and  shy  during  the  inter- 
vals of  the  attacks.  Several  cases  of  a  similar  nature  have  been  treated 
with  equal  success— two  of  these  puerperal  mania.  (M.  D.  W.  From 
Schiissler. ) 

The  following  is  a  case  of  a  lady,  apt.  44:  "I  saw,"  writes  Dr.  A.,  of  Arns- 


MENSTRUATION.  247 

berg,  on  the  7th  of  February,  "  a  lady  suffering  from  mental  derangement. 
Religious  melancholy  was  at  the  root,  although  before  this  occurrence  she 
had  not  inclined  to  religious  excitement,  She  now  declared  she  was  lost 
forever — lamented,  cried,  wrung  her  hands  and  tore  her  clothes,  or  pieces 
of  paper  which  were  laid  about  to  prevent  her  tearing  her  garments.  She 
did  not  know  those  around  her,  and  was  unable  to  sleep.  Her  eyes  had 
an  unconscious  stare,  and  frequently  it  required  two  persons  to  hold  her 
down.  Only  by  holding  her  nose  and  by  force,  a  little  food  or  medicine 
could  be  put  down  her  throat.  I  prescribed  Kali  phos.,  as  her  condition, 
though  one  of  excitement,  was  originally  one  of  depression,  to  which  Kali 
phos.  is  suited.  Dr.  Schiissler  says  in  his  book:  "A  functional  disturbance 
of  the  molecules  of  this  salt  causes  in  the  brain  mental  depression,  show- 
ing itself  in  irritability,  terror,  weeping,  nervousness,  etc.,  as  well  as  soft- 
ening of  the  brain."  She  took  Kali  phos.  with  excellent  results.  A  former 
experience  gained  by  this  remedy  led  me  to  select  it. 

"  On  that  occasion  it  was  in  the  case  of  an  old  man,  aet.  80.  He  suffered 
from  mental  derangement,  which  showed  itself  in  the  form  of  intense  hy- 
pochrondriasis  and  melancholia.  He  was  tired  of  life,  but  had  a  fear  of 
death.  For  weeks  he  had  been  treated  to  no  purpose  with  many  remedies 
apparently  called  for,  as  Nux  vom.,  Aurum,  Brotnide  of  potassium  in  allo- 
pathic doses.  But  he  was  rapidly  cured  by  the  continuous  use  of  Kali 
phos.  Even  after  eight  hours  from  the  commencement  of  the  treatment,  a 
certain  feeling  of  calmness  was  experienced,  and  that  night  he  had  a 
quiet  sleep.  I  had,  therefore,  no  reason  to  regard  the  treatment  I  selected,  as 
the  improvement  continued  steadily,  so  that  on  the  25th  of  February  I  dis- 
continued my  professional  visits. 

"  I  have  seen  my  previous  patient  frequently,  busily  engaged  in  her  home 
with  her  usual  cheerfulness,  and  she  speaks  quite  calmly  of  her  past  ill- 
ness ' '     ( From  Schiissler. ) 


MENSTRUATION. 
See  also  Dysmenorrhcea,  and  Women,  Diseases  of. 

Ferrum  phos. — Pain  at  the  monthly  periods  with  flushed 
face  and  quick  pulse,  with  vomiting  of  undigested  food,  some- 
times acid  taste,  excessive  congestion,  blood  bright-red. 
This  remedy  must  be  taken  as  a  preventive  before  the  periods 
if  these  symptoms  are  recurrent.  Menses  every  three  weeks 
with  pressure  in  abdomen  and  small  of  the  back  and  pain  on 
top  of  head.  Bearing-down  sensation  and  constant  dull 
ovarian  pains. 

Kali  mur. — The  monthly  periods  are  too  late  or  suppressed, 


248  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

checked,  white  tongue,  etc.  Too  early  menses,  excessive  dis- 
charge, dark,  clotted  or  tough,  black  like  tar.  If  periods  last 
too  long,  too  frequent. 

Kali  phos. — Retention  or  delay  of  the  monthly  flow,  with 
depression  of  spirits,  lassitude  and  general  nervous  debility. 
Menstrual  colic  or  great  pain  at  the  times  of  the  periods  in 
pale,  lachrymose,  irritable,  sensitive  females,  menses  too  late 
in  some,  too  scanty  in  similar  conditions,  too  profuse  dis- 
charge, deep-red  or  blackish-red,  thin  and  not  coagulating, 
sometimes  with  strong  odor.  Too  late  and  too  scanty,  irreg- 
ular, and  of  offensive  odor,  with  a  feeling  of  weight  and  ful- 
ness in  the  abdomen,  yellow-coated  tongue.  Menses  prema- 
ture and  too  profuse  in  nervous  subjects.  Dull  headache 
with  menses,  very  tired  and  sleepy,  backaches,  intense  sexual 
desire  after  menses. 

Magnesia  phos. — The  chief  remedy  in  ordinary  cases  of 
menstrual  colic.  Painful  menstruation  or  pain  preceding  the 
flow,  vaginismus.  External  parts  swollen.  Pains  severe,  in- 
termittent, worse  on  right  side,  relief  from  heat.  Menses  too 
early,  flow  dark  and  fibrous,  stringy. 

Natrum  mur. — Thin  discharge,  watery  or  pale;  thin,  wa- 
ter}' blood.  "  In  young  girls,  if  the  menses  do  not  appear,  or 
when  very  scanty  and  at  long  intervals.  Pain  in  the 
stomach,  nausea,  vomiting  of  food,  weakness  and  faint  feeling, 
desire  for  sour  things,  aversion  to  meat,  bread  and  cooked 
food.  Twelve  to  30  are  the  most  useful  potencies."  (Sulzer.) 
Very  gloomy  during  menstruation,  with  headache  every 
morning.  Menses  too  profuse  and  too  early,  with  disturbed 
sleep,  dreams  of  robbers,  etc.  Headache  and  pain  in  small  of 
back  on  rising,  better  by  lying  on  something  hard. 

Calcarea  phos. — Menses  too  early  in  young  girls,  too  late 
in  adults.  Menstruation  during  lactation.  Insatiable  sexual 
desire  before,  with  great  weakness  and  sinking  sensation  after 
menses;  patient  wants  constantly  to  sit  down,  hates  to  get  up 
and  move  about.  Rheumatic  pains.  After  disappointments, 
cold  at  every  change  of  weather,  with  aching  pains  in  the 
joints.     For  flabby,  shrunken,  emaciated  patients. 


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Natrum  sulph. — Menses  acrid,  corrosive,  discharge  makes 
thighs  sore,  preceded  by  violent,  intermitting  epistaxis,  with 
colic,  pinching  in  abdomen  and  burning  of  the  palate,  as  if 
raw  and  sore.  Sexual  organs  inflamed,  sore,  swollen  and  cov- 
ered with  vesicles.     Menses  flow  freely  while  walking. 

Silicea. — Menses  smell  strong,  always  icy  cold  during 
menses  with  constipation,  stools  partly  recede.  Backache  with 
paralytic  sensations.  Protracted  menses  during  lactation. 
Menses  early  but  scanty  ;  but  rarely  profuse. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Excessive  with  bearing-down  pains,  flood- 
ing. 

Natrum  phos. — Menses  too  early  and  pale,  accompanied  by 
an  afternoon  headache  over  eyes,  with  tendency  to  sigh,  and 
pain  in  knees  as  if  cords  were  shortened,  also  sore  wrists, 
chilliness  and  restless  sleep. 

Kali  sulph. — Menses  too  late  and  too  scanty,  with  a  feel- 
ing of  weight  and  fulness  in  the  abdomen,  and  headache  and 
yellow-coated  tongue.     Metrorrhagia. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Menses  too  late,  long-lasting,  with  head- 
ache, twitchings  and  great  weakness. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Metrorrhagia  of  six  weeks'  standing,  in  the  case  of  a  fat  and  robust  woman 
of  brown  complexion.  This  person,  who  was  a  washerwoman  at  Grenille, 
and  whom  I  saw  only  three  or  four  times  at  my  office,  attributed  her  sick- 
ness to  her  constantly  standing  in  cold  water.  Silicea  arrested  the  hemor- 
rhage almost  immediately,  and  effected  such  an  improvement  in  one  week 
that  I  scarcely  knew  her  again  the  second  week.  She  did  not  take  any  other 
medicine.     (A.  Teste.) 

Miss  S.,  set.  22,  brunette,  short,  plump,  round  body,  large,  active  brain, 
intellectual,  was  since  puberty  troubled  every  month  with  dysmenorrhcea, 
beginning  several  hours  previous,  and  during  the  first  day  of  flow,  with 
severe  pains  in  the  uterus,  back  and  lower  limbs,  and  these  so  severe  that 
they  seemed  unbearable  and  hysteria  seemed  threatening.  In  one  of  these 
attacks  I  was  sent  for.  Found  the  patient  in  bed;  the  feet  had  been  bathed 
in  hot  water  and  hot  cloths  applied  for  hours  to  the  lower  abdomen;  pains 
no  better.  I  immediately  gave  her  a  large  dose  of  Magnes.  phos.  6x.  In 
less  than  half  an  hour  the  pains  lessened;  I  repeated  the  dose;  in  a  few 
moments  the  patient  was  easy,  the  flow  began,  and  went  on  the  usual  time. 
Next  month  I  advised  patient  to  begin  the  day  before  period  and  take  three 
doses,  and  on  the  day  period  was  to  come  on  take  a  dose  every  two  hours. 
No  pains  this  month.     This  process  was  repeated  the  third  month;  no  more 


250  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

trouble;  patient  is  now  well,  and  no  return  of  pain  for  over  three  years. 
{Med.  Advance,  Dec,  1S89.) 

Dysmenorrhea. — At  each  menstrual  period  a  membrane,  varying  in  size 
from  one  to  two  inches  in  length,  was  discharged.  Her  symptoms  were, 
after  the  flow  began,  severe,  sharp,  shooting  pains  low  down  in  the  abdo- 
men, >  by  lying  curled  up  in  bed  with  a  hot  water-bag  on  the  abdomen. 
When  the  severe  pains  were  >  a  dull  aching  for  a  day  or  two  followed,  and 
the  next  or  the  following  day  a  membrane  passed.  With  this  exception  was 
in  very  good  health.  After  one  of  her  periods  I  gave  her  Magnesia  phos. 
cm.  in  water,  a  dose  night  and  morning,  for  two  days.  The  next  menstrual 
period  was  nearly  free  from  pain,  and  the  succeeding  ones  were  painless,  but 
the  usual  membrane  was  passed.  Before  this  she  had  always  stayed  in  bed 
without  any  relief.  Painless  menstruation  went  on  for  six  or  eight  months, 
when  she  got  her  feet  wet  just  before  her  menses,  and  received  Magnes. 
phos.  cm.  It  relieved  her,  and  she  has  had  no  trouble  since.  (S.  A.  Kim- 
ball.) 

"Married  lady,  having  one  child,  had  every  month  menorrhagia;  twice 
the  flow  was  so  excessive  as  to  cause  fears  of  death.  Upon  examination 
found  the  uterus  low  down  and  swollen;  the  whole  vagina  filled  with  in- 
durated uterus;  orifice  of  os  tender,  red,  stretched  open  about  half  an  inch; 
inside  filled  up;  outside  congested.  I  began  treatment  with  Magnes.  phos. 
6x,  three  to  four  doses  a  day.  No  hemorrhage  next  month.  No  pain,  and 
in  three  months  the  organ  was  reduced  to  its  normal  size,  and  dismissed 
patient  cured. "     {Med.  Advance,  Dec,  1889.) 

MORPHINE  HABIT. 

Natrum  phos. — M.  J.  L,uys  reports  the  case  of  a  physician 
who  had  been  accustomed  to  take  about  seven  grains  of  mor- 
phine daily.  Small  doses  of  Natrum  phosphoricum  were  given 
subcutaneously  (with  glycerin  and  water),  and  as  they  were 
gradually  increased,  the  morphine  was  progressively  dimin- 
ished. In  two  months  the  morphine  was  discontinued  en- 
tirely, and  then  the  doses  were  progressively  diminished,  and 
finally  stopped  altogether  in  two  weeks  more.  There  re- 
mained no  desire  for  the  morphine. 

Kali  phos. — Young  lady,  aged  20,  intelligent,  handsome, 
moving  in  the  upper  circles  of  society,  nevertheless  a  con- 
firmed morphine  fiend.  Two  general  practitioners  of  promi- 
nence and  a  specialist  had  attempted  to  cure  her  but  failed 
utterly,  due,  as  I  afterwards  learned,  to  the  extreme  prostra- 
tion of  the  nervous  system,  amounting  to  almost  total  collapse. 

I  began  the  treatment  with  fear  and  trembling.     I  followed 


MOUTH,  DISEASES   OF.  25 1 

the  mode  adopted  by  our  most  noted  and  successful  practi- 
tioners. But  my  patient  was,  apparently,  destined  to  die.  I 
had  used  one  after  another  all  the  nerve  tonics  I  could  find  in 
any  school  of  medicine.  I  was  defeated  and  felt  thoroughly 
discouraged. 

On  my  way  to  the  patient's  home,  after  I  had  resolved  to 
relinquish  the  treatment,  I  happened  to  think  of  Kali  phos. 
I  returned  to  my  office,  got  a  supply  of  it,  and  started  her 
taking  a  dose  every  fifteen  minutes.  At  the  same  time  I 
stopped  all  other  heart  and  nerve  "  tonics."  The  change  was 
wonderful.  I  could  push  the  anti-morphine  treatment  and 
could  sustain  the  nerve  force.  The  sharp,  intense  headache, 
sleeplessness,  wild,  staring  eyes,  brown,  dry  tongue,  and  that 
horrible  sinking,  "  all  gone  "  sensation  rapidly  yielded  to  the 
cell-salt,  and  she  made  a  good  recovery.  She  is  now,  four 
years  later,  a  remarkably  vigorous,  healthy  and  happy  woman, 
without  the  least  desire  for  the  opiate,  and  has,  as  she  ex- 
pressed it,  "a  perfect  terror  of  morphine." 

I  ascribe  all  the  credit  of  the  cure  to  Kali  phos.  (I  used  the 
3X  potency),  for  the  other  treatment  could  not  have  been 
completed  had  it  not  been  for  the  cell-salt.  (B.  A.  Sonders, 
M.  D.,  Winterset,  Ohio.) 

MOUTH,  DISEASES  OF. 

Ferrum  phos. — Gums  sore,  red,  hot  and  inflamed.  Red- 
ness, dryness  or  heat  of  the  mucous  membrane  of  the  mouth. 

Kali  mur. — Aphthae,  thrush,  white  ulcers  in  the  mouths  of 
little  children  or  nursing  mothers.  Canker,  ulcers  of  the 
mouth.  Gumboil,  soft  swelling  before  matters  form,  excori- 
ation of  the  mouth.  Great  fetor  from  the  mouth.  The 
mouth  is  red  and  swollen,  thick,  watery  secretions.  Gums 
puffed,  white  or  yellow  in  color.  Gums  bleed  easily.  Mucous 
patches.  Syphilitic  ulceration  of  gums.  True  gangrene  of 
the  mouth. 

Kali  phos. — Cancrum  oris,  with  mortification  of  the  cheek, 
with  ashy-gray  ulcers,  fetid  breath.     Stomatitis,  gums  bleed 


252  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

easily  when  there  exists  a  red  line  or  seam  on  the  edges ; 
water-canker,  gangrenous  canker.  Hydroa  sore  crusts  and 
pimples  on  lips.  Gums  spongy  and  receding.  Saliva  pro- 
fuse, thick  and  salty.  Inflammation  of  the  tongue  when  ex- 
cessive dryness  occurs  or  exhaustion  sets  in.  Edges  of  tongue 
red  and  sore. 

Natrum  mur. — Thrush  with  flow  of  saliva,  salivation. 
Blisters  like  pearls  around  mouth.  Lips  swollen ;  eruptions 
on  chin.     Gumboil  with  throbbing  and  boring  pains. 

Kali  sulph. — Dryness  and  desquamation  of  the  lower  lip, 
it  peels  off  in  flakes. 

Calcarea  phos. — Gums  painful  and  inflamed  in  teething 
children.  Pale  appearance  of  the  gums,  sign  of  anaemia. 
Upper  lip  swollen  and  painful. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Gumboil,  hard  swellings  on  the  jaws  or 
gums.     Indurations.     Cold  sores  at  corners  of  mouth. 

Natrum  phos. — This  remedy  has  few  equals  for  ulceration 
of  the  buccal  mucous  membrane.  "  Canker  sores  "  of  the  lips 
and  cheeks  yield  to  this  remedy  in  the  3X  or  6x  attenuation 
where  Borax,  Antim.,  Baptisia,  Kali  chlor.,  etc.,  have  failed 
to  cure.     {S.  J.  of  H.) 

Calcarea  sulph. — Inside  of  lips  sore,  raw  sores  on  lips. 
Gums  bleed  on  brushing  teeth. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

At  a  meeting  of  medical  men  at  Schaffhausen,  Professor  Dr.  Rapp  said: 
"  In  my  opinion  the  greatest  merits  of  Dr.  Schiissler's  method  lie  in  the 
introduction  of  Kali  phos.  and  Magnes.  phos.  In  ordinary  stomatitis,  with 
swelling  of  the  gums,  deposit  on  the  teeth  and  foul  breath,  Kali  phos.  has 
given  very  satisfactory  proofs  of  its  value." 

MUCOUS  MEMBRANES. 

See  also  Catarrhal  Affections. 

The  color  and  consistency  of  the  secretion  must  decide  the 
choice  of  the  remedy.  Secretion  albuminous :  Calc.  phos.; 
causing  soreness  and  chafing  :  Natrum  mur.,  Natrum  phos.; 
clear,  transparent :    Natrum    mur.;    fibrinous :    Kali  mur., 


MUMPS.  253 

Magnes.  phos.;  golden-colored  :  Natrum  phos.;  greenish  :  Kali 
sulph.;  offensive-smelling  :  Kali  phos.;  purulent :  Calc.  sulph., 
Silicea  ;  slimy:  Kali  sulph.;  yellowish,  lumpy  :   Calc.  fluor. 

MUMPS. 

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Ferrum  phos. — Initiatory  stage  with  the  febrile  symptoms. 
Kali  mur. — This  remedy  alone  will  cure,  unless  there  is 
fever. 

Natrum  mur. — With  much  saliva  or  swelling  of  the  testi- 
cles occurring  as  a  metastasis  with  mumps. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

I  have  treated,  during  the  past  year,  at  least  a  dozen  cases  of  mumps,  and 
I  have  never  had  such  satisfactory  results  with  other  remedies  One  case 
had  violent  fever,  even  to  delirium,  great  deal  of  swelling,  pain,  etc.  The 
fever  was  entirely  reduced  within  five  or  six  hours,  and  the  swelling  and  all 
the  other  symptoms  were  entirely  relieved,  within  three  or  four  days,  by 
the  alternate  use  of  Ferrum.  phos.  and  Kali  mur.  Two  cases  in  one  family, 
with  similar  conditions,  were  in  a  like  manner  treated  with  the  same  re- 
sults.    (S.  Powell  Burdick,  M.  D.) 

NEURALGIA. 

Kali  mur. — Lancinating,  nightly  pains  from  small  of  back 
to  feet,  worse  from  warmth  of  bed.  Must  rise  and  sit  in  chair 
for  relief. 

Ferrum  phos. — Congestive  or  inflammatory,  from  chill  or 
cold,  with  pain  as  if  a  nail  were  being  driven  in.  Blinding 
pain,  one-sided,  in  the  head,  temples,  or  over  eye,  or  in  the 
jaw-bone.  If  this  does  not  suffice,  give  Calcarea  sulph.,  and 
note  the  tongue  symptoms.  Neuralgia  accompanied  by  flushed 
face,  burning  or  diffused  heat,  feeling  of  weight  and  pressure. 
Faceache  with  febrile  symptoms.  Tic  douloureux.  Neuralgia 
along  inner  orbit  and  nose.  Neuralgia  of  the  mammary 
glands. 

Kali  phos. — Neuralgic  pain  in  any  organ,  depression,  fail- 
ing of  strength,  feeling  of  inability  to  rise,  or  to  remain  up, 
yet   the  pain  is  felt  less  when  standing  or  walking  about. 


254  THH   TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Neuralgia  with  ill  humor,  sensitiveness  to  light  and  noise, 
improved  or  not  even  felt  during  pleasant  excitement.  This 
remedy  is  required  to  tone  up  the  gray  nervous  substance. 
Neuralgic  pains  in  the  nervous  substance  threatening  paraly- 
sis, with  a  feeling  of  lameness  or  numbness.  Pains  better 
with  gentle  motion,  worse  on  rising ;  pains  felt  most  when 
quiet  or  alone.  Neuralgic  pains  and  humming  in  the  ears, 
failure  of  strength,  paroxysms  of  neuralgic  pains  with  subse- 
quent exhaustion.  Neuralgia  of  the  sciatic  nerve  (see 
Sciatica).  Faceache.  Right-sided  neuralgias  relieved  by  cold 
applications.     Stitches  from  upper  teeth  to  ear. 

Magnesia  phos. — Intercostal  neuralgia  of  a  drawing,  con- 
strictive kind.  Spasms  from  cold  without  fever.  Neuralgia 
in  the  head,  pains  darting  and  very  intense.  Neuralgic  pains 
in  any  part  of  the  body,  when  the  phenomena  of  sensation  are 
too  acute  ;  pain  excruciating  or  spasmodic,  pains  in  the  ends 
of  nerve-fibres.  Pains  aggravated  by  mastication  or  any 
motion.  Pains  coming  on  periodically,  being  very  acute, 
darting,  or  shooting  along  the  course  of  the  nerves.  Neural- 
gia from  exposure  to  a  strong  north  wind.  Spasmodic  pains 
and  affections  of  almost  any  kind.  Neuralgia  every  night, 
well  during  the  day.  Typical  facial  neuralgias.  A  contra- 
indication for  the  use  of  the  remedy  is  amelioration  by  cold. 
Warm  applications  relieve,  and  especially  dry  warmth.  This 
remedy  is  right-sided. 

Natrum  mur. — Neuralgic  nerve-pains  recurring  at  certain 
times,  with  flow  of  saliva  or  involuntary  tears.  Darting,  shoot- 
ing along  the  nerve-fibre  with  these  accompaniments.  Orbi- 
tal neuralgia  with  lachrymation.  Irritation  of  the  fifth  pair 
of  nerves,  also  the  facial  nerve.  Faceache  with  constipation, 
worse  in  the  morning,  from  reading,  writing  and  talking,  in 
schoolgirls. 

Natrum  phos. — Facial  neuralgia,  shooting,  stitching  pains, 
soreness  of  right  lower  jaw. 

Natrum  sulph. — Attacks  of  neuralgia  from  being  in  damp 
dwellings,  cellars,  etc.     Tongue  thick,  yellow,  brown  coated. 


NEURALGIA.  255 

Dr.  J.  T.  O'Connor,  of  New  York,  reports  a  cure  with  this 
remedy. 

Calcarea  phos. — Neuralgic  pains  deep-seated  in  the  bones. 
Shocks  like  electric  sparks.  Neuralgia  commencing  at  night, 
recurring  periodically.  Pains  worse  at  night  and  in  bad 
weather.  Tics.  Neuralgia  ani,  worse  after  stool,  long-lasting. 
Pains  with  sensation  of  crawling,  coldness  and  numbness. 

Calcarea  sulph. — This  remedy  occupies  a  ground  between 
the  very  acute  pains  of  Magnesia  phos.  and  the  paralyzing 
ones  of  Kali  phos.  (more  in  aged  persons,  if  there  be  a  want  of 
regenerative  force  for  the  nervous  tissue). 

Silicea. — Pain  mostly  in  teeth.  Lumbo-abdominal  neural- 
gia. Better  from  wrapping  up  warmly.  Obstinate  neuralgia 
caused  by  dissipation,  hard  work  and  close  confinement. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 
Neuralgia 

Dr.  Parenteau  in  the  Societe  Francaise  d'Homoeopathie  at  the  last  meet- 
ing read  a  paper  as  follows: 

In  1887,  in  discussing  Ferrum  phosphoricum  in  this  society,  Dr.  Nimier  as- 
sured us  that  this  remedy  finds  an  application  in  supra-orbital  neuralgia  of 
the  right  side  with  a  morning  aggravation. 

At  that  time  I  had  a  young  patient  of  15  years,  an  anaemic  girl  with  im- 
perfect menstruation,  who,  for  three  months  caused  me  dispair  of  curing, 
owing  to  the  tenacity  of  her  affection,  which  resisted  all  remedies  pre- 
scribed. 

I  therefore  resolved  to  give  her  Ferrum  phosphoricum  in  the  6x  potency, 
and  I  had  the  surprise  and  satisfaction  to  note  that  scarcely  two  days  after 
the  administration  of  the  first  dose  a  certain  amelioration  was  produced. 
Naturally  I  continued  the  remedy,  and  at  the  end  of  eight  days  the  amelior- 
ation was  such  that  the  patient  thought  herself  cured.  However,  I  advised 
her  to  continue  the  treatment  for  a  week  longer  and  then  report.  She  did 
not  come  until  two  months  afterward,  but  the  cure  was  absolute  and  with- 
out relapses. 

It  is  unnecessary  to  state  that  whenever  I  found  a  supra- orbital  neuralgia 
of  the  right  side,  I  hastened  to  give  this  remedy,  but  several  experiments  of 
this  kind  having  been  followed  by  absolute  failure,  I  was  about  to  believe 
that  my  first  observation  was  a  simple  case  of  spontaneous  cure,  when  re- 
cently I  had  successively  two  cases  of  cure  which  convinced  me  that  the  ex- 
planation given  by  Dr.  Nimier  was  absolutely  exact. 

In  the  second  case  observed,  it  was  not  a  young  girl  but  a  young  woman 
of  27  years,  modiste,  and  who  for  months  had  had  attacks  of  right-sided 


256  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

supra-orbital  neuralgia  with  morning  aggravations  or  coinciding  with  the 
menstrual  periods  which  were  very  irregular  and  with  uterine  hemorrhages, 
etc. 

After  having  vainly  tried  Nux  vomica,  then  Chamomilla,  Belladonna, 
Colocynth,  Ignatia,  etc.,  I  tried  Fer rum  phosphor icum. 

As  in  the  first  case  three  days  had  not  passed  before  the  patient  returns 
greatly  relieved.  I  continued  the  remedy  in  the  6x  dilution  for  eight  days, 
followed  by  the  I2xand  the  i8x,  and  at  the  end  of  three  weeks  the  cure  was 
complete  without  relapse. 

The  third  case  was  similar  to  the  two  others  and  I  believe  that  I  am  able 
to  complete  the  indications  furnished  by  Dr.  Nimier. 

As  he  has  said  Ferrum  phosphoricum  is  useful  in  supra-orbital  neuralgias 
of  the  right  side  with  morning  aggravation,  but  it  exerts  its  influence  espe- 
cially on  the  female  sex  and  notably  in  young  persons.  The  patients  suffer 
from  irregularities  in  menstruation  and  often  have  special  uterine  troubles 
with  tendency  to  hemorrhages.  From  this  condition  there  almost  always  re- 
sults persistent  cephalalgias  and  an  anaemia,  which  may  be  more  or  less 
marked, according  to  the  case. 

The  following  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  C.  C.  Huff,  of  Huron,  D.  T.,  from  vol. 
i,  of  the  Minn.  Medical  Monthly,  No.  9,  illustrates  the  use  of  one  of  these 
remedies  in  neuralgia  : 

' '  Schiissler  describes  Magnesia  phos.  as  the  earthly  constituent  of  muscles 
and  nerves.  Dalton  says  the  salts  of  magnesium  have  been  found  to  be  in 
larger  quantity  than  those  of  lime  in  the  muscles.  Grant  this  fact,  then, 
and  we  have  Magnesia  phos.  acting  as  a  nerve  remedy,  and  any  disturbance 
of  the  system  causing  a  molecular  change  in  the  nutritive  elements  of  this 
salt  would  produce  the  characteristic  pains  of  this  remedy.  They  are  de- 
scribed as  being  of  a  shooting  character,  like  lightning,  drawing  and  tearing, 
inclined  to  move  from  place  to  place  ;  they,  moreover,  assume  a  periodicity 
of  recurrence,  not,  however,  having  any  regard  for  regularity.  We  likewise 
find  these  pains  in  headache,  generally  frontal,  in  faceache,  neuralgia  of  the 
stomach  and  bowels,  of  the  ovaries  and  often  in  the  limbs.  Stomach-pains 
frequently  radiate  from  the  umbilicus,  and  are  relieved  by  pressure  (re- 
sembling in  this  respect  Coloc,  Aloes,  Caustic,  Nux  vom.,  Iris  vers,  and 
Sulphur)  and  warmth,  especially  dry  heat,  best  applied  by  means  of  an  in- 
verted hot  plate,  lined  with  flannel.  In  England  the  farmers  use  the 
remedy  with  prompt  results  for  flatulent  colic  in  horses.  The  following  is 
my  experience  with  the  remedy,  and  all  my  results  have  been  from  I2x 
trituration  : 

"Case  1.  Miss  S.,  set.  24,  dark  complexion,  nervous  temperament,  clerk. 
She  had  been  under  treatment  for  facial  neuralgia  for  two  weeks  previous, 
the  principal  remedy  being  morphia,  without  relief.  On  being  called  to  the 
case,  I  found  the  patient  much  prostrated,  the  right  side  of  the  face  and 
supraorbital  region  somewhat  swollen,  pains  very  severe,  of  a  crampy,  shoot- 
ing, darting  nature.  There  was  also  much  tenderness  over  the  affected  side. 
The  pains  were  of  an  intermittent  character,  and  seemed  to  affect  different 
parts  of  the  head  and  face  on  different  days.  Magnesia  phos.  cured  this 
case  in  twelve  hours. 


NEURALGIA.  257 

"Case  2.  MissB.,  aet.  22,  dark  complexion,  nervous  temperament,  slight 
build,  has  neuralgia,  from  exposure  to  a  strong  north  wind,  and  was  under 
the  so-called  '  regular '  treatment  for  three  days  before  I  was  called,  and 
had  taken  massive  doses  of  Bromide  of  potash  and  Chloral  hydrate,  with  no 
relief.  I  found  her  in  bed,  almost  frantic  with  pain,  flushed  face,  eyes  in- 
jected, with  a  high  degree  of  photophobia;  pain  was  left-sided  and  involved 
the  supramaxillary  portion  of  the  trigeminus.  In  character  the  pain  was 
lancinating,  crampy,  darting  and  shooting,  frequently  extorting  cries. 
Magnesia  phos.  was  given  and  resulted  in  a  speedy  recovery. 

"  Case  3.  Miss  S.,  aet.  20,  brunette,  tall  and  slender,  nervo-bilious  tem- 
perament, occupation  topographer.  She  was  taken  suddenly  with  acute 
pain  in  right  side  of  the  face,  the  pain  involving  the  supra-  and  infraorbital 
region,  paroxysmal,  of  a  darting,  tearing  character.  Magnesia  phos.  cured 
promptly. 

"  The  above  cases  have  been  taken  from  my  note-book  and  are  illustrative 
of  the  action  of  this  remedy  in  neuralgia  of  the  fifth  nerve  and  its  branches 
I  have  also  cured  one  case  of  neuralgia  of  the  stomach  where  the  character- 
istic pains  were  present.     I  have  relieved  colic  in  young  children  with  the 
same  remedy  when  Chamom.,  Nux  vom.  and  Coloc.  had  failed." 

Case  of  prosopalgia  of  several  weeks'  standing,  relieved  by  warm  cotton 
and  aggravated  by  cold.  Magnesia  phos.  i2x  cured  in  three  weeks. — Allg. 
Horn.  Zeit.,  vol.  88,  p.  46. 

Dr.  H.  C.  Allen  reports  a  case  of  right  facial  neuralgia  with  sharp,  quick, 
spasmodic,  lightning-like  pains,  sensitive  to  touch,  relieved  by  heat  and 
pressure,  accompanied  by  prostration  and  night-sweats,  cured  by  Magnesia 
phos.200  after  several  other  remedies  had  failed  to  give  permanent  relief. 

Also,  another  case  cured  by  the  same  remedy  and  potency  where  the  pains 
were  intermittent,  darting,  lightning-like,  suddenly  appearing  and  disap- 
pearing, relieved  by  heat  and  pressure;  at  the  same  time  an  annoying  con- 
stipation disappeared. 

Prompt  curative  action  of  Magnesia  phos.  by  Dr.  Goullon:  "On  April 
13th  a  patient  wrote  me  that  for  nine  days  she  had  been  in  bed  without 
medical  help,  suffering  from  a  maddening  pain.  Through  catching  cold 
she  got  a  severe  trouble  in  the  ear  and  then  a  prosopalgia  on  the  left  side, 
affecting  the  lower  maxillary  bone,  also  the  frontal,  and  involving  the 
whole  left  side  of  the  head,  back  to  the  nape  of  the  neck.  She  went  to  an 
apothecary  for  Bryon.,  but  he  advised  Bellad.,  which  didn't  help.  Deep 
within  the  ear  an  abscess  developed,  which  broke  two  days  ago,  discharg- 
ing pus  and  now  water,  which  is  quite  irritating,  for  it  has  produced  an 
eruption  wherever  it  touched.  The  ear  still  pains;  the  prosopalgia  remains 
as  before.  The  pain  is  maddening,  and  there  is  high  fever  with  sleepless- 
ness; she  doesn't  sleep  at  night  and  only  one  or  two  hours  in  the  day.  She 
perspires  freely,  which  is  unusual  with  her.  Yesterday  she  had  a  severe 
pain  in  the  right  hip,  resulting  from  a  bath.  I  was  unable  to  see  the  patient, 
as  she,  at  that  time,  lived  at  Leipsic,  and  yet  she  needed  help  at  once.  What 
should  I  give  her?  Silicea  ?  The  nightly  aggravation  would  suit  this 
remedy,  but  the  abscess  in  the  ear  was  gone,  yet  the  facial  pain  remained. 
Spigel.f     There  were  indications  for  it,  as  I  already  knew  she  had  a  ten- 

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258  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

dency  to  heart  trouble.  She  had  formerly  had  pains  in  the  articulations  of 
the  hand,  in  the  arm  and  side,  most  severe  at  the  heart.  She  described  it  as 
if  the  heart  would  be  twisted  out,  with  a  throbbing  as  if  something  were  un- 
wound. Perhaps  it  was  a  rheumatism,  located  in  the  face,  but  even  here 
Spigel.  would  be  called  for.  Then  there  is  Arnica,  which  has  lately  been 
extolled  as  a  specific.  Further,  I  had  some  reliance  on  Stannum,  which 
had  cured  for  me  many  neuralgias  that  even  the  great  nerve  remedy, 
Quinine,  had  left  untouched.  The  embarrass  de  richesse  still  increased. 
Chamom.  ought  to  be  given  for  the  unbearable  pain.  Again  there  was 
Mercur.  on  account  of  the  tendency  to  sweating,  and  Arsenic,  on  account 
of  sleeplessness. 

"Yet  in  preference  to  all  these  remedies  I  selected  Schussler's  Magnesia 
phos.,  moistened  a  powder  of  milk  sugar  with  the  6th  dilution  and  directed 
it  to  be  dissolved  in  half  a  wine-glassful  of  water,  a  teaspoonful  to  be  taken 
every  three  hours.  On  April  17th,  I  had  the  satisfaction  of  reading  the 
following  lines:  '  My  hearty  thanks  for  your  kind  and  quick  assistance.  I 
had  immediate  relief,  and  I  am  happy  and  thankful.  The  horrible  pain  is 
gone  from  my  face;  the  scalp  is  still  sensitive,  and  one  place  which  is  cer- 
tainty connected  with  the  ear  still  pains.  The  ear  itself  pains  somewhat  and 
runs  yet.'  " — Pop.  Zeit.  f.  Horn.,  XVII,  13  and  14. 

Right  facial  neuralgia,  jerking,  cutting  pain,  teeth  sensitive;  worse  after 
going  to  bed.  Merc,  gave  no  relief.  Magnesia  phos.  in  water  gave  prompt 
relief,  and  has  acted  equally  well  twice  since.  This  remedy  given  in  another 
case  of  left-sided  facial  neuralgia  did  no  good.  It  produced,  however,  pro- 
fuse sweat,  with  dread  of  uncovering.  (W.  P.  Wesselhceft,  M.  D.  From 
Hg.) 

Chas.  M.,  set.  47,  has  for  a  week  or  two  a  severe  tearing,  gnawing  pain  in 
region  of  right  scapula,  extending  into  the  right  upper  arm,  and  down  the 
forearm  into  the  thumb,  with  numbness,  particularly  of  the  thumb,  but  with- 
out loss  of  motion  or  use  of  arm.  The  pain  comes  in  paroxysms,  and  is  only 
relieved  by  hard  rubbing  and  pounding  of  the  flesh,  troublesome  as  well 
daytimes  as  nights.  Has  taken  several  remedies,  principally  Rhus  tox.,  and 
had  electricity  each  day  for  a  week  or  more,  without  benefit.  After  taking 
Calcarea  phos.6  for  a  few  days,  the  pain  and  numbness  were  much  relieved, 
and  being  continued,  the  trouble  was  cured  in  about  three  or  four  weeks. 
Any  return  of  it  would  be  at  once  relieved  by  this  remedy. 

A  similar  case  in  a  young  lady,  set.  20,  was  cured  by  the  same  remedy, 
though  she  had  almost  complete  paralysis  of  the  hand.     (C.  T.  M.) 

Neuralgia.  Pain  supra-  and  infraorbital,  extending  to  all  the  front  teeth 
of  right  side,  intermittent,  stabbing,  nipping,  lightning-like  and  extremely 
sensitive  to  touch,  relieved  by  heat  and  pressure;  coming  and  going  suddenly 
and  attended  by  prostration  and  night-sweats.  Magnesia  phos.200  promptly 
gave  relief. — Med.  Advance,  Dec,  1889. 

A  lady  of  healthy  appearance  suffered  since  several  weeks  with  faceache, 
radiating  over  one-half  of  the  face,  lasting  five  or  six  hours.  Warm  wadding 
relieves.  Worse  when  body  gets  cold.  Magnesia  phos.12,  every  three  hours, 
removed  the  pain  in  three  days. 

Lady,  ast.  30,  suffered  since  several  weeks  with  pains  in  face  and  teeth, 


NEURALGIA.  259 

right  side,  changing  locality.  Appears  every  two  or  three  hours  and  rushes 
about  like  lightning.  Magnes.  p/ios.u,  a  dose  every  three  hours,  relieved  in 
two  days. 

Lady,  aet.  42,  with  a  hectic  appearance,  catamenia  scantv,  often  omitting. 
Since  two  years,  boring  over  the  right  eye,  after  a  few  minutes  spreading 
over  the  whole  right  side  to  the  lower  jaw,  driving  out  of  bed.  Stool  torpid, 
little  appetite.  Magnesia  phos.  overcame  all  complaints  in  four  days.  This 
remedy  regulated  the  catamenia  and  all  subsequent  attacks.  (A.  Plate, 
M.  D.) 

Kali  phos}-  cured  a  case  of  neuralgia  in  the  right  side  of  the  face,  proceed- 
ing from  hollow  teeth,  relieved  by  cold  applications.  Magnesia  phos.  given 
at  first  did  not  relieve,  probably  because  there  was  no  relief  from  warmth. 
Unlike  Phosphor,  or  Kali,  but  similar  to  Pulsat.     (  \Y.  P.  Wesselhceft,  M.  D. ) 

Miss  Margaret  S.  suffered  from  neuralgia,  true  nerve-fibre  pain,  darting 
through  her  head  along  the  nerves.  She  had  suffered  intermittent!}"  for 
three  days.  Two  doses  of  Magnesia  phos.  cured  her  completely.  1  M.  D. 
W.     From  Schiissler. ) 

A  severe  case  of  neuralgia  in  the  head.  The  lady  had  come  sixty  miles  to 
attend  a  musical  entertainment,  and  was  compelled  to  go  to  bed  on  account 
of  the  pain.  After  suffering  for  sereral  hours,  I  was  called,  and  relieved  her 
completely  in  an  hour  with  Magnesia  phos.  6x,  a  dose  every  ten  minutes 
(E   H.  H.) 

Ada  D.,  a  healthy  robust  child,  aet.  8.  Her  only  symptom  was  a  severe 
pain  at  the  lower  part  of  the  sacrum,  coming  on  after  stool  and  lasting  the 
entire  day,  until  she  goes  to  bed,  when  it  ceases.  The  pain  is  so  severe  as 
to  prevent  her  walking  or  even  standing.  Calcarea  phos.  gave  immediate 
relief.     (R.  T.  Cooper,  M.  D.) 

Magnesia  phos.  relieved  a  case  of  ciliary  neuralgia  involving  the  left  eye 
extending  downwards  into  neck,  with  lightning-like  pains,  relieved  by  press- 
ure and  heat.  This  case  presented  a  symptom  similar  to  Mezereum,  namely, 
sensation  as  though  a  stream  of  cold  air  were  blowing  on  the  eye.  G.  P. 
Hale,  M.  D. ) 

Mr.  S.,  a  small,  undersized  man,  with  dark  complexion,  dark  hair,  and 
very  dark  eyes;  a  hard  worker,  and  not  very  well  nourished.  Presented 
himself  at  the  office,  complaining  of  a  very  agonizing  pain  in  his  face,  on  the 
right  side,  seemingly  involving  the  malar  bone.  While  waiting  for  me  he 
had  a  severe  paroxysm,  and  the  suffering  of  the  man  was  intense.  He 
described  it  as  boring,  like  an  auger,  and  after  that  came  pains  that  he 
could  not  describe,  except  that  they  were  like  shocks.  Mag.  phos.,  30s, 
was  given,  and  he  went  to  work  the  next  day  and  has  not  been  troubled 
since. 

Miss  C.  a  tall,  slender  woman,  inclined  to  angularity;  brown  hair,  and 
somewhat  sallow;  unmarried,  and  about  35  years  old.  She  has  a  severe  at- 
tack of  neuralgia  in  the  inferior  maxillary  of  the  right  side,  this  being  very 
common  with  her.  The  face  is  swollen  and  very  hard;  sensitive  to  the 
touch,  and  very  susceptible  to  the  cold  air.  The  pain  is  sharp,  darting, 
piercing,  and  changing  from  one  part  to  another;  can  get  some  relief  from 
hot.  dry  applications.     I  gave  her  Mag.  phos. ,  30X,  and  called  to  see  her 


260  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

next  day.  The  pain  was  all  gone,  the  swelling  very  much  reduced,  and  a 
marked  improvement  was  manifest.  The  treatment  was  continued,  and  the 
external  conditions  were  all  removed  She  complained  of  a  tooth  that 
gave  her  some  trouble,  saying  that  it  was  very  loose,  and  when  she  pressed 
down  on  it  there  was  a  throbbing  sensation,  with  a  sore  feeling.  The  pa- 
tient was  given  Silicea,  cm.,  and  this  removed  all  the  remaining  trouble, 
and  she  has  since  remained  free  from  all  neuralgic  attacks. 

Mrs.  Mc,  a  slender,  delicate-looking  brunette;  very  dark  hair;  married; 
pregnant  four  months.  While  suffering  from  an  attack  of  influenza  she  had, 
as  a  complication,  an  attack  of  right-sided  neuralgia,  located  over  the  eye, 
and  involving  the  upper  eyelid,  which  would  twitch  and  quiver  when  the 
pain  was  severe;  then  lightning-like  shocks  from  the  supra-orbital  region 
down  into  the  upper  lid  were  very  frequent.  Mag.  p/ios.,  30X,  relieved 
this  case  in  a  very  short  time.     (Chas.  C.  Huff,  M.  D. ) 

Cases  Illustrating  the  A.ction  of  Magnesia  Phosphorica  as  an 
Anodyne  in  Neuralgias. 

Case  r  (January  21,  1895). — Miss  G.,  aged  48,  keeps  a  boarding-house, 
has  had  much  worry  lately.  Been  subject  to  attacks  of  neuralgic  pains  in 
spine,  but  had  none  for  two  years.  After  a  slight  attack  of  influenza,  se- 
vere pains  developed  in  lumbar  region,  down  right  sciatic  nerve,  and  up 
spine.  Tenderness  on  pressure,  with  a  numb  sensation  in  affected  parts. 
The  pains  shift  their  position,  are  better  by  rest,  worse  at  night.  Sometimes 
they  seize  her  in  paroxysms,  obliging  her  to  call  out.  Patient  is  much  dis- 
tressed and  in  great  anxiety  about  the  pains;  her  pulse  is  weak  and  vitality 
depressed.  She  was  kept  in  bed  for  ten  days,  and  treated  with  Rhus, 
Actcza  racemosa,  Bryonia,  and  Arsenicum,  but  without  effect.  Then 
Magnesia  phosphorica  3X  trit.  was  given,  gr.  v.,  night  and  morning,  and 
at  any  time  if  the  pains  were  severe.  The  pains  at  once  abated,  and  patient 
observed  that  this  powder  had  done  her  good,  and  that  each  dose  relieved. 
She  was  about  again  in  a  few  days. 

Case  2. — Mrs.  X.,  aged  58,  an  apparently  healthy,  vigorous  lady  till  two 
years  ago,  when  she  suffered  whilst  abroad  from  vague  neuralgic  pains  about 
body,  which  gradually  increased  until  when  I  saw  her  in  June  last  they  had 
become  very  severe,  and  had  greatly  reduced  her  strength.  They  were 
much  worse  at  night,  affected  various  nerve  tracts,  chiefly  below  the  waist. 
They  shifted  about;  there  was  tenderness  over  the  affected  parts,  and  finally 
she  got  no  sleep  at  night,  but  walked  about  weeping  and  wringing  her  hands 
in  despair.  There  was  numbness  of  the  toes,  and  the  condition  suggested 
commencing  deep-seated  spinal  mischief.  Arsenicum,  Quinine,  and  Phos- 
phorus helped  the  general  condition.  But  nothing  touched  the  pains  until 
Magnesia  phosphorica  was  given.  This  gave  her  several  good  nights' 
rest,  and  continued  for  a  time  to  lull  the  pains.  The  patient  has  now  left 
Bournemouth,  and  I  hear  is  getting  worse.  Magnesia  phosphorica  could 
not  have  been  expected  to  cure  such  a  condition,  but  its  effect  in  temporarily 
relieving  the  pain  and  ensuring  sleep  was  unmistakable,  both  to  the  patient 
and  her  friends. 


CEDEMA   OF   THE   EUNGS.  26 1 

Case  3.— Miss  F.,  aged  36,  a  sufferer  from  chronic  nephritis,  which  has 
much  improved  under  treatment.  After  some  mental  upset,  severe  left- 
sided  facial  neuralgia  set  in,  radiating  from  an  upper  molar,  which  had 
given  trouble  before,  from  recurrent  inflammation  of  the  root.  The  pain 
was  better  by  warmth  and  pressure  on  the  affected  side,  worse  by  talking. 
Phosphorus  at  first  removed  the  pain,  but  soon  lost  its  effect.  Magnesia 
phosphorica  was  then  given,  which  greatly  relieved.  Although  the  pain 
recurred  occasionally  for  some  days,  a  few  doses  of  this  drug  always  re- 
moved it,  and  no  other  remedy  was  required. 

Case  4. — Mrs.  W.,  an  old  lady  of  74,  in  reduced  circumstances.  She  has 
been  under  treatment  for  slight  eczema  with  constipation  and  stomach  pains. 
These  are  better.  On  September  10th,  she  complained  of  frantic  neuralgia 
in  upper  jaw  and  face.  The  pain  ran  down  from  infra-orbital  foramen  into 
upper  malleolus,  and  along  right  molar  bone.  It  was  worst  at  night,  re- 
lieved by  warmth,  worse  by  least  cold  The  pain  was  grasping  and  ticking; 
had  lasted  a  week.  Magnesia  phosphorica  relieved  almost  at  once,  and 
no  other  remedy  was  required. 

Case  5. — Mrs.  B.,  aged  50.  Progressive  optic  neuritis,  from  which  she 
is  now  quite  blind.  She  has  been  under  treatment  for  two  years,  and  for  a 
time  by  various  remedies  the  progress  of  the  disease  was  arrested,  and  she 
could  read  large  print  until  nine  months  ago.  Since  then  nothing  has 
availed.  There  has  been  frequent  supra-orbital  neuralgia  of  the  right  side. 
The  sight  of  the  left  eye  had  been  lost  before  I  saw  her.  This  neuralgia  was 
benefited  by  Actcza  racemosa,  and  when  very  severe  by  occasional  antipyrin 
powders.  In  September  last  the  pain  returned  with  great  severity.  Magne- 
sia phosphorica  3X,  5  grains  taken  in  hot  water  two  or  three  times  a  day 
when  the  pain  was  worst,  gave  immediate  relief.  A  fortnight  afterwards 
she  reported  the  pains  had  quite  left,  and  this  powder  had  removed  far  more 
promptly  than  anything  previously  prescribed. 

(EDEMA   OF   THE   LUNGS. 

Kali  phos. — (Edema  pulmonum,  spasmodic  cough,  threat- 
ening suffocation,  for  dyspnoea  and  livid  countenance.  Acute 
oedema,  frothy,  serous  masses  brought  up  in  excess. 

Natrum  mur. — (Edema.  Excessive  accumulation  of  wa- 
tery mucus  in  the  lining  of  the  lungs  and  bronchi,  serous, 
frothy  secretions. 

ORCHITIS. 

Ferrum  phos. — Orchitis  after  suppression  of  gonorrhoea. 
Kali  mur. — Primary  remedy  if  from  suppressed  gonorrhoea. 
Calcarea  phos. — May  be  required  later. 
Calcarea  fluor. — Induration  and  hardening  of  testicles. 


262  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 


PARALYSIS. 

Calcarea  phos. — Coldness,  numbness,  crawling  and  weak- 
ness in  lower  extremities.  Nervous  prostration.  Bruised  feel- 
ing in  the  back  after  exhausting  diseases  and  from  standing 
in  wet. 

Kali  phos. — Facial  paralysis,  loss  of  stimulating  power  over 
some  muscles.  The  mouth  is  distorted,  being  drawn  over  to 
the  unparalyzed  side.  Creeping  paralysis  in  which  the  prog- 
ress of  the  disease  is  slow ;  there  is  tendency  to  wasting, 
with  loss  of  sense  of  touch,  etc.  Locomotor  paralysis,  loss  of 
motor  or  stimulating  power.  Paralysis  of  the  vocal  cords, 
loss  of  voice  through  relaxed  or  paralyzed  conditions  of  the 
laryngeal  muscles.  Atrophic  paralysis,  in  which  the  vital 
powers  are  reduced  and  stools  have  a  putrid  odor.  All  va- 
rieties of  paralysis  require  this,  the  chief  remedy,  such  as  par- 
tial, paraplegia,  hemiplegia,  facial  or  ptosis.  Paralysis  that 
comes  on  suddenly.     Infantile  paralysis. 

Magnesia  phos. — Languid  and  exhausted,  unable  to  sit  up. 
Complaints  from  standing  in  cold  water  ( Calcarea).  Paralysis 
agitans,  involuntary  shaking  and  trembling  of  the  hands  and 
limbs,  or  of  the  head,  an  affection  of  the  muscles.  Muscular 
paralysis  caused  by  a  disturbed  or  diseased  condition  of  the 
different  nerve-fibres  which  convey  the  motor  stimulus  to  the 
muscles.     Paralysis  of  white  nerve-fibres. 

Natrum  phos. — Weakness  of  lower  limbs  from  the  knees 
down.  Legs  give  under  her  when  she  walks.  (Farrington, 
Pennsylvania  Homoeopathic  Medical  Society,  1875.) 

Silicea. — Paralysis  from  tabes  dorsalis.  Trembling  in 
limbs.  Debility.  Wandering  pains.  Paralytic  weakness  of 
the  joints.     Progressive  sclerosis  of  the  posterior  column. 

CLINICAL  CASES 

A.  G had  a  love  affair,  and,  in  order  to  kill  herself,  took  poison, 

which  left  her  with  paralyzed  hands  and  feet.  I  gave  her  six  powders  of 
Calcarea  phos.,  and  four  weeks  later  she  wrote  me  that  she  could  go  around 
the  room  by  taking  hold  of  the  furniture.  She  received  six  more  powders, 
which  completed  her  recovery.     (Monatsblatter.) 


PHTHISIS   PULMONUM.  263 

hah phos.  with  a  few  doses  of  Calcarea  phos.  as  intercurrent,  cured  a  case 
of  facial  paralysis  from  working  in  the  water. 


PHTHISIS  PULMONUM. 

Calcarea  phos. — Incipient  phthisis  in  anaemic  patients,  pro- 
fuse sweat,  especially  about  neck  and  head.  To  lessen  the 
emaciation,  give  also  cream,  koumiss,  small  doses  of  cod-liver 
oil  and  carbonaceous  food.  Chronic  coughs  of  consumptives. 
Night-sweats  of  phthisis  with  cold  extremities.  In  diarrhoea 
and  chronic  forms  with  but  little  fever.  Hoarseness,  involun- 
tary sighing,  suffocative  attacks.  Cough  with  soreness  and 
dryness  of  throat,  dull  aching  in  chest.  Alternating  or  asso- 
ciated with  anal  fistulae. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Sputa  purulent ;  sanious,  mixed  with 
blood.  In  phthisical  coughs  with  greenish  yellow  expectora- 
tion, rattling  cough. 

Kali  phos. — Shortness  of  breath  on  the  least  motion,  putrid 
sputa. 

Kali  mur. — Expectoration  white  and  thick. 

Natrum  sulph. — Hydrogenoid  constitution.  Phthisis  mu- 
cosa. Cough  with  muco-purulent  sputa.  Lower  lobe  of  left 
lung  affected.     All-gone  feeling  in  chest. 

Natrum  mur. — General  malaise  after  the  least  exertion, 
sleepy  by  day,  restless  at  night.  Spasmodic  periodical  cough 
with  rattling  in  chest  and  expectoration  of  bloody  sputa,  worse 
in  the  evening  after  lying  down,  congestion  to  head  with  hec- 
tic flush,  chronic  coryza  with  total  loss  of  taste  and  smell. 
Patient  always  worse  near  the  seashore.  Accumulation  of 
transparent  mucus  in  the  larynx  in  the  morning.  Empty 
swallowing  causes  cough. 

Silicea. — Profuse  discharge  of  fetid  pus — nightly  paroxysms 
of  cough  with  tickling  in  suprasternal  fossa — tuberculous  de- 
posits on  skin,  showing  themselves  as  lumpy  tumors.  Ema- 
ciation, profuse  night-sweats.  Terribly  offensive  foot-sweat. 
Great  constipation ;  the  rectum  lacks  power  to  expel  stools, 
and  hence  it  recedes  after  partial  evacuation.     Patient  is  al- 


264  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

ways  cold,  especially  feet.  Much,  prostration  and  loose,  rat- 
tling cough,  with  copious  expectoration  of  thick,  yellow- 
greenish  pus.  This  remedy  embraces  most  of  the  symptoms 
that  belong  to  the  phthisical  dyscrasia,  consequently  it  is  a 
remedy  of  value  for  the  constitutional  condition  in  congenital 
or  hereditary  cases.  Dr.  Holcombe  has  used  the  6000th  po- 
tency with  wonderful  curative  power  in  the  last  stages  of 
phthisis. 

Ferrum  phos. — Breathing  short,  oppressed  and  hurried,  ac- 
companied by  heat  and  feverishness.  Hoarseness  from  over- 
straining the  voice.  Cough  worse  in  open  air.  Haemoptysis 
profuse,  bright-red,  frothy  ;  epistaxis.  Phthisis  fiorida.  "  If 
patients  take  cold,  become  prostrated  and  have  a  blood- 
streaked  expectoration,  this  remedy,  even  in  the  300th  po- 
tency, will  quickly  quiet  the  pulmonary  congestion."     (F.) 

"  Laryngeal  phthisis,  arytenoid  cartilages  pyriform,  acute 
dry  tickling  cough  from  laryngeal  and  tracheal  irritation,  ac- 
companied by  slight  or  even  severe  bronchial  or  laryngeal 
hemorrhages."     (Ivins.) 

CLINICAL,  CASES 

Mr.  T.,  set.  30,  of  a  sanguine,  bilious  temperament,  rather  dark  complex- 
ion, five  feet  ten  inches  high,  weight  in  health  166  lbs.,  family  consumptive, 
two  sisters  and  a  brother  having  already  died,  leaving  a  brother  still  enjoy- 
ing tolerable  health.  Had  several  haemoptyses  in  the  summer  while  in  the 
hay  field,  and  had  constantly  declined  from  that  time.  Saw  him  the  April 
following;  he  having  passed  through  the  hands  of  several  physicians,  and  at 
that  time  was  so  low  that  his  physician  said  he  could  not  live  six  weeks,  and 
such  was  my  opinion  on  seeing  him.  There  was  a  large  cavity  in  the  right 
lung  at  the  second  intercostal  space  at  about  three  inches  to  the  right  of  the 
sternum;  there  were  heavy  rales  in  the  left  bronchi,  with  decided  indica- 
tions of  breaking  down  of  the  parenchymatous  structure,  and  cavernous 
lesions  there,  also  the  sputa  was  very  heavy  and  largely  purulent;  there  was 
the  odor  of  the  cadaver  already  present,  musty  and  offensive  enough  from 
septicaemic  influences;  he  had  no  appetite  and  sat  up  hardly  longer  than  to 
have  his  bed  made;  skin  had  a  cold,  clammy  feel,  and  he  was  drenched  with 
night  siueats.  Case  was  marked  with  absence  of  vital  warmth;  indeed,  so 
forbidding  was  the  case  that  I  refused  his  brother  when  he  asked  me  to  visit 
him  again  in  a  week;  he  lived  forty  miles  away.  He  was  given  a  dose  of 
Silicea200,  every  other  night  with  Sac.  lac,  and  ordered  to  report  by  mail  in 
a  week.  He  had  been  very  much  harassed  with  his  night  sweats  and 
cough,  which  was  worse  from  motion.     The  first  mail  brought  me  the  intel- 


PLEURISY.  265 

ligence  that  the  medicine  acted  like  a  charm  and  wanted  more  of  the  same 
kind;  I  sent  so  that  he  got  a  dose  of  Silicea  twice  a  week,  and  so  treated  him 
till  June,  when  he  paid  me  a  visit.  Left  lung  appeared  to  be  cleared  up, 
night  sweats  no  longer  troubled  him,  appetite  was  good,  he  was  steadily  gain- 
ing in  flesh  and  strength.  Nevertheless,  in  the  right  lung  there  yet  remained 
traces  of  the  vomica,  which  now  was  much  smaller  and  secreting  only  a  small 
amount  of  muco-purulent  matter;  he  was  furnished  additional  medicine  and 
went  home,  and  by  the  middle  of  July  was  on  his  mowing  machine  Patient 
was  alive  for  four  years  after  and  enjoying  fine  health,  and  I  do  not  know 
but  he  is  to-day;  no  man  could  be  more  surprised  than  myself  at  these  re- 
sults. Were  we  all  deceived  ?  Three  good  physicians  of  the  leading  school 
of  medicine  agreed  about  the  diagnosis,  and  I  don't  think  there  is  left  a  pos- 
sible ground  for  doubt.  The  case  is  exceptional,  we  agree;  but  is  it  not  full 
of  suggestions?     (G.  N.  B.,  in  Brigham's  Phthisis.) 

The  same  excellent  work,  on  page  193,  contains  the  record  of  another  case 
of  phthisis,  where  Kali  mur.  was  the  remedy. 

Case  of  a  lady  who  had  been  bedridden  for  nine  months.  Mrs.  McH.  was 
given  up  by  four  doctors  as  beyond  medical  treatment.  The  professor's 
diagnosis  ran  thus:  Both  lungs  diseased,  especially  the  right  lung.  The 
heart  is  greatly  dilated,  especially  the  right  cavity.  The  lung  disease  pro- 
duced by  neglected  cold.  When  her  case  was  brought  under  treatment  by 
biochemic  measures,  four  years  ago,  she  was  also  suffering  from  dropsy. 
At  the  stage  she  came  under  the  new  treatment,  it  took  sometimes  an  hour 
and  more  before  she  could  find  the  right  position  to  rest  in.  She  would 
often  rather  spend  the  night  on  the  sofa  than  venture  to  go  through  the 
fatigue  of  going  to  bed.  Her  cough  and  expectoration  were  very  bad,  breath 
extremely  short  and  palpitation  constant.  She  did  not  know  what  it  was  to 
have  a  good  night,  and  rarely  slept.  By  patiently  adhering  to  Dr.  Schiiss- 
ler's  remedies  she  had  recovered  greatly,  her  lungs  are  wonderfully  healed 
up,  and  her  dilatation  of  heart  almost  removed.  She  now  lives  in  com- 
paratively fair  health,  so  that  she  was  able  to  nurse  her  husband  during  a 
severe  illness,  where  night  watching  was  necessary.  To  reassure  all  con- 
cerned, a  diagnosis  was  made.  Dr  H.,  a  specialist,  concurred  in  the  state- 
ment that  her  right  lung,  of  which  a  large  portion  is  gone,  is  now  fairly 
healed  up,  and  dilatation  of  heart  has  almost  entirely  disappeared.  (From 
Schiissler. ) 

Dr.  Snader  emphasizes  the  importance  of  Silicea  in  night  sweats.  Of 
sixty-two  cases  treated,  in  forty-three  the  perspiration  was  stopped,  and 
in  thirteen  it  was  lessened.  The  potencies  used  were  from  the  3d  to  30th, 
and  Dr.  Snader  thinks  that  the  higher  potencies,  as  a  rule,  act  best. 


PLEURISY. 

Ferrum  phos. — For  the  fever,  pain,  stitch  in  the  side,  catch 
in  the  breath  and  short  cough.  Breathing  short,  oppressed 
and  hurried. 


266  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Kali  mur. — The  second  remedy,  when  there  is  plastic  exu- 
dation.    It  will  complete  the  cure. 

Natrum  mur. — When  serous  exudation  has  taken  place 
during  and  after  its  course. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Empyema,  pus  forming  in  the  cavity  of 
the  pleurae  or  in  the  lungs. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Boy,  aet.  5,  with  right-sided  pleuritic  stitch,  worse  when  coughing  and  on 
deep  inspiration.  Rheumatic  pains  in  right  shoulder  joint.  General  heat 
of  the  body,  very  little  thirst.  Bryon.  did  no  good.  Ferrum  phos?2,  every 
two  hours,  relieved  entirely  on  the  second  day.  I  noticed  an  unnatural  ex- 
citement about  the  child  the  day  after  having  taken  Ferr.  phos.  He  desired 
to  get  out  of  bed  and  wished  to  run  around,  but  was  too  weak  and  fell  over, 
very  talkative  and  hilarious. 

A  similar  excitement  I  noticed  in  a  lad  aet.  7,  to  whom  I  had  given  Kali 
mur.  during  a  gastric  fever  with  great  benefit.  (W.  P.  Wesselhoeft,  M.  D. 
From  Hg. ) 

Miss  G.  R.,  set.  20.  Was  called  about  midnight  to  see  this  young  lady, 
who  was  said  to  be  suffering  from  a  pain  in  her  side.  I  found  her  to  be  suf- 
fering from  the  symptoms  common  to  an  acute  attack  of  pleurisy,  high  fever 
and  severe  pain  in  the  left  side  of  the  chest.  Gave  her  Bryon?  in  water. 
Called  next  morning,  found  the  fever  somewhat  less,  but  pain  not  relieved; 
continued  the  Bryon?.  Called  at  four  p.  m.  ;  about  the  same,  pain  still 
severe;  gave  Ferrum  phos.  iu  solution;  called  at  nine  p.  m.  ;  the  fever  had 
abated,  and  the  pain  was  much  less.  Called  the  next  morning;  no  fever 
and  pain  nearly  gone.  She  continued  to  improve,  and  after  a  few  days  was 
up  and  about  as  usual.     (C.  T.  M.) 

PNEUMONIA. 

Ferrum  phos. — Inflammation  of  the  lungs ;  it  is  the  first 
and  chief  remedy.  High  fever,  breathing  short,  oppressed  and 
hurried.  It  should  be  given  in  the  first  stage  until  free  per- 
spiration is  established  and  health  is  restored.  Pneumonia, 
congestive  stage.  Expectoration  is  clear  blood.  Secondary 
congestion  following  pneumonia.  The  well  lung  suddenly 
becomes  congested.  Crepitant  rales.  Sputa  rust-colored. 
"  This  remedy  and  Veratrum  viride  give  me  better  success  in 
the  treatment  of  pneumonia  than  any  remedies  I  have  ever 
tried."     (G.  W.  Lawrence,  M.  D.) 

Kali  mur. — Fibrinous  exudation  into  the  lung  substance. 


PNEUMONIA.  267 

The  tongue  is  generally  white-coated.  The  mucus  is  white 
and  viscid. 

Natrum  mur. — Inflammation  of  the  lungs,  if  there  be  much 
loose,  rattling  phlegm,  clear,  serous  and  frothy  in  character 
and  coughed  up  with  difficulty,  worse  in  the  morning.  Cough 
with  beating  headache,  involuntary  urination  and  lachryma- 
tion. 

Kali  sulph. — Inflammation  of  the  lungs  with  wheezing,  if 
yellow,  loose,  rattling  phlegm  be  coughed  up,  or  watery 
mucus.  Rattling:  cough,  especially  in  children.  Suffocative 
feeling,  desire  for  cool  air. 

Silicea. — Chronic,  neglected  pneumonia,  passing  over  into 
suppuration;  dyspnoea  when  lying  on  back.  Deep-seated 
pain  in  lung.     Sputa  profuse,  greasy,  fetid. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Case  of  pneumonia  of  left  upper  lobe,  with  well-marked  crepitation  and 
profuse  expectoration  of  frothy,  pink  mucus,  yellow,  watery  diarrhoea,  green 
vomiting.  Laches.,  Lycop.  and  Phosphor,  did  nothing.  Ferrum  phos., 
every  two  hours,  produced  immediate  improvement,  although  we  considered 
her  moribund  (she  had  tuberculosis);  the  diarrhoea  and  vomiting  were  un- 
affected.     (W.  C.  Goodno,  M.  D.     From  Hg.) 

Dr.  A.  L.  Fisher  quickly  relieved  a  child  of  lobular  pneumonia,  with  high 
temperature,  with  Ferrum  phos.  Kali  sulph.,  given  on  account  of  thick, 
yellowish  expectoration,  speedily  cured  the  case. — Horn.  Journal  0/  Obstet- 
rics. 

Archibald  Herbert,  suffering  from  chronic  bronchitis,  had  an  attack  of 
pneumonia.  An  iron  moulder  by  trade,  he  was  exposed  to  great  heat;  he 
had  lain  down  on  a  form  in  a  state  of  perspiration,  took  a  severe  chill,  and 
inflammation  in  the  right  lung  was  the  result.  His  case  was  a  bad  one, 
complicated  by  bronchial  affection,  fever  high,  cough  distressing,  a  pain 
deep-seated  in  the  right  side,  expectoration  tenacious,  rusty-colored.  Fer- 
rum phos.,  in  alternation  with  Kali  mur.,  a  dose  every  half  hour,  was  taken 
for  twenty-four  hours,  then  every  hour.  For  his  prostration  and  sleepless- 
ness a  few  doses  of  Kali  phos.  were  taken  now  and  then.  The  improve- 
ment every  way  was  very  marked  in  two  days.  As  the  color  of  the  sputa 
changed  to  yellow,  he  took  Kali  sulph.  instead  of  Kali  mur.;  and  as  this 
condition  was  remedied,  Natrum  mur.  and  Calcarea  phos.  completed  the 
cure  in  a  little  more  than  ten  days.  He  returned  to  work,  free  from  inflam- 
mation and  bronchitis.     ( From  Schiissler. ) 

A  case  presented  itself  with  the  following  conditions:  Extensive  extrava- 
sation, with  solidification,  great  pain,  hard  and  exhaustive  cough,  with 
characteristic   expectoration,    little   or  no   sleep.     After  being   treated  for 


268  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

about  ten  days  with  the  ordinary  remedies,  Aeon.,  Bryon.,  Phosphor.,  etc., 
without  improvement,  and  as  the  case  was  assuming  graver  proportions 
than  I  have  had  for  years,  I  placed  him  upon  Ferruni  phos.  and  Kali  mur. 
in  alternation.  In  twenty-four  hours  a  marked  and  amazing  improvement 
resulted,  which  continued  to  the  termination  of  the  disease  with  rapid  con- 
valescence. The  case  was  a  grave  one,  for  the  reason  that  he  had  been  laid 
up  three  months  with  a  fractured  arm,  and  was  in  a  very  reduced  condition 
when  the  pneumonia  appeared.      (S.  Powell  Burdick,  M.  D.) 


PUERPERAL  FEVER. 

Kali  mur. — This  remedy  alone  may  suffice  for  this  disease, 
or,  in  alternation  with  Fermm  phos.,  for  the  exudation. 

Kali  phos. — Puerperal  mania  or  fever,  when  illusions, 
absurd  notions,  or  violent  madness  set  in.     Specific  remedy. 

Natrum  mur. — A  useful  intercurrent  remedy  in  puerperal 
convulsions. 

CLINICAL.   CASES. 

Case  of  puerperal  fever.  Chill,  followed  by  fever.  Suppression  of  the 
lochia,  milk  and  urine.  Hilarious  delirium,  profuse  critical  diaphoresis 
without  thirst  or  much  coated  tongue,  bowels  confined  and  extensive  tym- 
panites over  abdominal  parietes.  Ferrum  phos.6  hourly  a  dose.  In  ten 
hours  all  urasmiform  symptoms  had  subsided;  patient  cheerful  and  com- 
fortable. Lochia  and  milk  secretion  returned,  and  urine  had  been  voided 
freely.  A  good  recovery  followed.  (F.  A.  Rockwith,  M.  D.,  American 
Journal  Homwopathic  Materia  Mediea,  1875.) 


REYNAUD'S  DISEASE. 

Ferrum  phos. — Dr.  H.  V.  Halbert,  of  Chicago,  relates  a 
case  in  which,  though,  at  first,  amputation  of  the  fingers  and 
toes  seemed  inevitable,  cure  set  in  and  progressed  under  the 
steady  administration  of  Ferrum  phos.  6x. 

RHEUMATISM. 

See   also   Arthritis. 

Ferrum  phos. — If  this  remedy  be  taken  steadily  from  the 
onset,  it  is  often  the  only  one  required  in  rheumatic  fever. 
Acute  articular  rheumatism,  which  is  very  painful,  is  an  in- 


RHEUMATISM.  269 

flammatory  febrile  disease  in  its  first  stage.  Acute  rheuma- 
tism when  any  movement  sets  up  the  pain  or  tends  to  increase 
it.  Articular  rheumatism,  especially  of  the  shoulder;  pains 
extend  to  upper  part  of  chest,  attacks  one  joint  after  another. 
The  first  remedy  in  all  acute  rheumatic  troubles,  muscular, 
acute  or  subacute.  Worse  on  motion ;  better  by  warmth. 
Soreness  in  every  part  of  the  body,  especially  the  joints,  worse 
on  motion.  Lumbago,  stiff  back,  etc.  Stiff  neck  from  cold. 
"  Pains  especially  severe  at  night,  preventing  sleep.  Marked 
stiffness  on  first  moving  after  rest."  (Arndt.)  Aggravation  by 
motion  or  idea  of  motion.     Hands  swollen  and  painful. 

Kali  mur. — Second  stage  of  rheumatic  fever,  when  exuda- 
tion takes  place  around  the  joints.  This  remedy  removes 
swelling  by  restoring  the  non-functional  cells  of  the  excretory 
and  absorbing  structures  to  normal  action.  Rheumatic,  gouty 
pains  if  movement  makes  them  worse  and  if  there  be  a  white 
or  gray-furred  tongue.  Swelling  of  the  parts.  Pains  which 
are  only  felt  during  motion  or  increased  by  it,  if  Ferrum  phos. 
does  not  remove  them  altogether.  Chronic  rheumatism  with 
swelling,  or  when  all  movements  cause  pain.  Gray  or  white- 
coated  tongue,  or  white  discharges. 

Kali  phos. — Acute  and  chronic  rheumatism  with  pains  dis- 
appearing on  moving  about,  severe  in  the  morning  after  rest, 
and  on  first  getting  up  from  a  sitting  position.  Very  painful 
rheumatism,  the  parts  feel  stiff  on  first  attempting  to  rise  up  ; 
improves  slowly,  but  is  increased  by  all  exertion  or  fatigue. 
Stiffness,  paralytic  tendency.  Laming  pains,  better  on  gentle 
exercise. 

Natrum  phos. — In  a  recent  note  to  Dr.  Goullon,  Schiissler 
calls  attention  to  Natrum  phos.  as  a  remedy  for  inflammatory 
rheumatism,  having  successfully  used  it  in  several  cases  with 
rapid  curative  results.  While  Fermm  phos.  corresponds  to 
simple,  uncomplicated  cases,  there  can  be  no  doubt  Natrum 
phos.  corresponds  more  nearly  to  such  cases  as  are  character- 
ized by  yellow-coated  tongue,  acid  symptoms,  or  where  there  is 
a  scrofulous  basis.  Rheumatic  pains  in  the  joints,  with  pro- 
fuse sour-smelling  sweat.     Acute  gout,  chronic  gout,  chronic 


270  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

articular  rheumatism.  Natrum  phos.  acts  upon  the  uric  acid 
of  the  cells  and  renders  it  harmless.  "  Great  stiffness  and 
cracking  of  joints.  Aggravated  towards  evening."  (J.  W. 
Ward,  M.  D.) 

Kali  sulph. — Rheumatic  fever  when  the  articular  pains  are 
shifting,  wandering  or  flitting.  Rheumatic  headaches.  Pains 
in  the  joints,  chronic  or  acute,  that  change  about.  Acute 
articular  rheumatism  of  a  shifting  nature,  settling  in  one  part 
and  then  in  another.  Chronic  rheumatism  of  the  joints,  pains 
worse  in  the  evening  and  in  warm  air,  better  in  cool  air.  Pains 
in  the  back,  nape  or  limbs.  "  Kali  sulph.  I  have  repeatedly 
tested  in  wandering  rheumatism,  and  have  had  very  favorable 
resiilts."  (Dr.  Schlegelman.)  Rheumatic  or  neuralgic  cases, 
patients  complain  of  soreness  from  three  A.  M.  until  they  get 
up. 

Magnesia  phos. — Acute  rheumatism  of  the  joints,  for  the 
violent  pains,  as  an  intercurrent  remedy.  Excruciating,  spas- 
modic pains  during  rheumatic  fever.  "  The  pains  are  aggra- 
vated by  the  slightest  touch  and  are  improved  by  warmth  and 
hard  pressure."     (Puhlmann.) 

Natrum  mur. — After  the  second  remedy  {Kali  mur.\  if  the 
symptoms  correspond.  Symptoms  of  tongue,  etc.  Chronic 
rheumatism  of  the  joints  ;  joints  crack. 

Natrum  sulph. — Rheumatic  pains,  pains  and  stiffness  in 
nape  and  back,  pain  in  joints,  especially  of  toes  and  fingers 
and  wrists,  pain  in  hip  joints  aggravated  when  rising  from  a 
seat  or  moving  in  bed.     (Perkins.) 

Calcarea  phos. — Rheumatism,  which  is  worse  at  night,  ag- 
gravated by  heat  or  cold,  worse  in  bad  weather  (also  Ferrum 
phos),  worse  from  change  of  weather.  Rheumatism  of  the 
joints  with  cold  or  numb  feeling,  creeping  feeling  in  parts 
affected.  Sensation  of  ants  crawling  on  the  affected  parts. 
Numbness,  lameness.  Every  cold  brings  on  rheumatic  pains  in 
the  joints.  Pains  in  sutures.  Stiffness  of  neck  from  exposure 
to  dampness  ;  aching  and  soreness  in  limbs.  Pains  in  sacro- 
iliac synchondroses,  worse  with  every  change  of  weather. 


RHEUMATISM. 


CLINICAL  CASES. 


271 


Mrs.  R.,  aged  22  years,  had  suffered  for  years  with  debility  and  indiges- 
tion. She  was  very  much  subject  to  colds  and  rheumatic  pains  which 
wandered  and  shifted  around  over  the  body.  She  was  generally  worse  in 
the  evening,  in  a  warm  room,  but  better  in  the  open  cool  air.  She  suffered 
much  with  neuralgia  of  the  face,  which  was  intermittent  and  shifting,  but 
better  in  cool  air. 

Tongue  generally  coated  a  little  yellow.  She  had  had  a  great  many  skin 
boils  which  usually  came  after  a  rheumatic  spell.  Kali  sulph.  was  so  very 
satisfactory  that  she  keeps  it  in  the  house  all  the  time  for  use  if  any  of  the 
old  symptoms  return.      (O.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D.) 

Kali  mur.— This  is  a  great  remedy,  and  all  its  indications  should  be  mas- 
tered.    The  following  case  well  illustrates  its  ability: 

Mr.  M.,  aged  78  years,  had  been  sick  for  four  or  five  years,  and  the  most 
of  his  suffering  was  in  his  digestive  organs.  He  had  a  poor  appetite  and  a 
white  coat  on  his  tongue,  most  of  the  time.  Eyes  were  large  and  protruding. 
Could  not  eat  fatty  or  greasy  food  without  increasing  his  trouble.  He  had 
flatulence  and  stomach-ache,  with  constipation  and  diarrhoea,  alternating 
every  three  or  four  weeks. 

He  has  suffered  with  chronic  rheumatism  for  years,  and  many  of  his 
joints  were  more  or  less  swollen,  all  the  time,  and  worse  when  moved.  He 
was  badly  troubled  with  indigestion,  and  vomited  every  few  days,  which 
gave  him  relief  for  awhile.  In  his  prime  he  was  a  strong  man,  and  now  he 
is  nothing  but  a  grumbling  wreck.  After  giving  him  general  directions  in 
regard  to  his  foods,  baths,  etc.,  I  gave  him  Kali  mur.  3X,  three  tablets  every 
two  hours,  which  not  only  relieved  his  general  catarrhal  condition,  but  re- 
lieved him  every  way,  so  that  within  six  weeks  he  could  walk  around  and 
feel  comfortable.  He  gave  me  to  understand  that  it  was  the  first  medicine 
that  had  done  him  any  good.      (O.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D.) 

Dr.  Feichtman,  of  Also  Lendra,  in  Hungary,  reports  fifteen  cases  of  acute 
articular  rheumatism  quickly  cured  by  Ferrum  phos. — Allg.  Horn.  Zeit. 

Dr.  Schlegelman  reports  the  following  cases:  L.,  of  Regensburg,  a  strong, 
healthy  man,  aet.  26,  had  taken  cold  during  a  state  of  perspiration  and  con- 
tracted acute  rheumatism  of  the  joints  (rheumatic  fever).  At  first  the  right 
shoulder  was  attacked,  the  patient  had  violent  pains  and  high  fever.  Bryon., 
which  seemed  decidedly  indicated  here,  had  no  other  effect  except  that  the 
pain  on  the  next  morning  had  changed  its  seat,  and  had  appeared  in  the  left 
knee.  In  this  way  he  continued  for  several  days,  under  the  use  of  various 
medicines.  Either  the  one  or  the  other  of  several  joints  was  affected.  The 
most  distressing  pains  continued  day  and  night,  and  evidently  the  patient 
was  greatly  reduced.  At  last  I  decided  to  test  Schiissler's  medicine.  I  gave 
Kali  sulph.  The  result  was  very  favorable.  The  wandering  pains  ceased 
changing  their  location,  and  the  pain  confined  itself  to  the  right  shoulder 
again,  but  was  far  less  violent  than  before.  Under  the  continued  use  of  this 
medicine,  the  fever  and  pains  gradually  disappeared.  Sleep  and  appetite 
returned,  and  no  other  joints  were  implicated.     Eight  days  after  giving  the 


272  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

first  dose  of  Kali  sulph.  the  patient  was  dismissed  as  convalescent.  No 
relapse  occurred.     ( From  Schiissler. ) 

Dr.  Schlegelman  writes,  January,  1876:  "  I  was  attacked  with  rheumatism 
the  latter  part  of  November,  traveling  by  rail,  sitting  close  to  the  window 
of  a  draughty  carriage.  My  whole  right  side  was  affected  going,  and,  on 
returning,  the  pains  were  very  severe;  especially  worse  on  every  movement 
I  made.  Bryon.  eased  me  temporarily.  I  only  reached  home  at  midnight, 
and  had  a  very  bad  night.  Bryon.  was  of  little  use  now.  I  applied  the 
electric  current  next  morning  repeatedly,  but  it  was  of  no  avail.  I  then 
took  a  pinch  of  the  Ferrum  p/ios.,  and,  as  if  by  magic,  the  pains  disap- 
peared and  did  not  return."     (From  Schiissler.) 

In  the  year  1875,  Dr.  Schlegelman  reported  from  Regensburg:  "  D.  A., 
aet.  20,  a  delicate  lady,  who  suffered  in  her  childhood  a  good  deal  from 
scrofula,  was  attacked  last  winter  by  a  severe  pain  in  the  back,  in  conse- 
quence of  catching  cold.  The  third  to  the  fifth  ribs  were  very  sensitive  to 
pressure.  Violent  trembling  of  the  right  foot,  and  at  the  same  time  of  the 
right  arm,  set  in  the  moment  she  attempted  to  move  the  arm  or  extend 
the  hand,  and  thus  made  all  work  impossible.  The  patient  was  all  the 
more  depressed  about  this,  as  in  her  vocation  she  had  a  good  deal  of  writing 
to  do.  I  gave  many  remedies,  Pidsat.,  Rhtis  tox.,  Bellad.,  Nux  vom., 
Platina,  etc.,  all  without  effect.  I  sent  the  young  lady  into  the  country; 
her  condition  remained  the  same.  New  remedies  had  no  better  results. 
At  last  I  thought  I  had  found  her  remedy  in  Zinc,  met.,  as  I  had  heard 
nothing  from  her  for  four  weeks.  How  astonished  I  was  to  find  my  patient, 
whom  I  thought  cured,  entering  my  consulting  room  on  the  30th  of  Sep- 
tember, trembling  worse  than  ever.  On  my  inquiry  why  she  had  not  called 
sooner,  she  told  me  somewhat  timidly  she  had  gone  to  Mariabrunn  to  see 
a  herbalist,  and  used  the  cure  during  the  time.  The  result,  as  I  could 
plainly  see,  had  not  been  successful.  Consequently  she  placed  herself 
under  my  treatment  again.  I  told  her  I  was  willing  to  treat  her,  and  opened 
Schiissler's  Therapy.  I  chose  Magnesia  phos.,  and  had  no  reason  to  regret 
my  choice,  for  after  the  first  few  doses  (three  times  a  day,  ten  grains)  a 
decided  improvement  was  noticed,  of  which  I  heard  on  the  nth  of  October, 
when  I  saw  her  again.  At  this  date  not  even  a  trace  of  the  trembling  could 
be  observed.  She  had  written  repeatedly  after  this,  and  even  then  had  ex- 
perienced no  trembling  whatever.  The  cure  was  complete,  as  up  to  date  she 
had  been  doing  all  kinds  of  needlework  and  a  great  deal  of  writing,  without 
any  recurrence  of  the  affection."     (From  Schiissler. ) 

Dr.  Brisken  was  called  to  a  case  on  the  eighth  day  after  seizure.  All  the 
joints  were  swollen,  and  the  patient  had  not  been  able  to  stay  in  bed  a  single 
night.  In  the  morning  he  received  Kali  mur.  with  such  good  results  that 
during  the  next  night  he  was  able  to  stay  in  bed,  and  in  twelve  days  was 
completely  cured.     (From  Schiissler.) 

A  gentleman,  aet.  70,  had  acute  rheumatism  in  the  shoulder  and  elbow- 
joints.  He  had  been  cupped,  which  made  it  worse.  His  joints  were  wrap- 
ped in  waldwolle  (turpentine  wool),  with  no  effect.  He  had  not  been  in 
bed  the  last  two  nights,  as  on  lying  down  the  pains  were  worse.  On  the 
third  day  he  came  under  Dr.  Brisken 's  treatment.     After  giving  him  Fer- 


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rum  phos.,  the  fever  ceased  in  a  few  days,  after  which  Kali  mur.  was  given. 
In  a  short  time  complete  recovery  resulted.     (From  Schiissler. ) 

Dr.  Brisken  mentions  three  cases  of  rheumatic  fever.  One  case  was  that 
of  a  bookbinder,  middle-aged,  whom  Dr.  Brisken  had  treated  three  years 
previously  for  this  malady.  On  that  occasion  his  recovery  took  from  eight 
to  ten  weeks.  The  patient  was  again  attacked  in  the  joints  of  the  hands 
and  knees,  when  he  received  Ferrum  phos.  every  hour;  and  as  the  fever 
had  abated,  Kali  mur.  was  given  the  same  way.  On  the  fifth  day  he  was 
able  to  return  to  his  work.     (From  Schiissler. ) 

Edward  B.,  set.  12,  had  been  complaining  a  few  days,  when  pains  began 
in  all  the  principal  joints,  but  mostly  in  wrists  and  elbows,  attended  with 
redness  and  swelling,  with  some  fever;  there  was  most  pain  on  moving,  and 
he  had  to  sit  quiet  to  be  in  any  comfort.  Gave  him  Ferrum  phos*  dissolved 
in  one  glass  and  Kali  mur*  dissolved  in  another,  to  be  taken  alternately 
every  two  hours  while  fever  lasted,  then  continue  Kali  mur.  alone.  These 
remedies  soon  relieved  him,  and  he  was  out  in  a  few  days.  A  second  attack 
the  next  year  was  cured  by  the  same  remedies  in  a  short  time.     (C.  T.  M.) 

Robert  D.,  set.  34.  This  patient  lives  on  the  bank  of  the  lake  and  goes 
frequently  into  the  water,  and  often  gets  wet  while  fishing  and  shooting. 
Has  had  pains  about  him  for  a  year  or  two,  at  times.  They  are  sometimes 
in  one  joint  and  then  in  another,  seem  to  shift  about,  and  are  becoming 
very  troublesome,  hindering  him  from  work,  and  he  desires  a  remedy  if 
possible.  I  gave  him  Kali  sulph.6,  several  powders,  one  to  be  dissolved  in 
water,  a  dose  four  times  each  day.  This  remedy,  after  a  few  weeks,  com- 
pletely cured  his  trouble,  and  he  has  not  complained  now  since  a  year  or 
more.     (C.  T.  M.) 

May,  1879.  J.  D.,  a  man  aet.  69,  had  been  complaining  for  several  weeks 
of  pains  in  the  limbs,  which  settled  in  the  right  leg,  from  the  hip  down  to 
the  ankle,  but  were  worse  at  the  joints,  being  of  a  shifting  nature — intermit- 
tent— sometimes  shooting  and  darting  like  lightning,  causing  the  patient  to 
change  his  position  frequently.  Warmth  gives  him  relief.  He  is  unable  to 
leave  his  bed;  is  almost  in  despair,  thinking  he  is  dying.  Magnes.  phos., 
a  dose  every  three  hours.  The  improvement  on  taking  this  remedy  was 
marked  and  rapid,  but  whenever  he  stopped  with  the  medicine  he  felt  worse 
again.  By  continuing  steadily  with  Magnes.  phos.  a  complete  cure  was 
effected.  .  (From  Schiissler.) 

I  was  called  to  attend  a  girl,  set.  12;  she  had  had,  some  time  ago,  an 
attack  of  rheumatic  fever.  I  found  the  little  patient,  who  had  been  taken 
ill  the  previous  day,  in  bed.  The  joints  of  both  knees  were  swollen,  some- 
what red,  and  very  painful.  The  joints  of  the  vertebrae  at  the  nape  of  the 
neck  were  implicated,  and  every  movement  out  of  the  constrained  position 
of  the  neck  and  back  was  very  painful.  Her  friends  expected  that  salicylic 
acid  would  be  applied,  which  they  had  already  seen  used,  but  I  gave 
Ferrum  phos.  and  Kali  mur.  alternately  every  three  hours.  Next  day,  to 
the  astonishment  of  the  friends,  the  fever  and  pains  were  less,  and  knees 
were  quite  free  from  pain.  Now  I  ordered  Kali  mtir.  to  be  given  alone  for 
the  swelling,  and  the  next  morning  on  my  return  I  found  all  the  symptoms 
worse.  I  repeated  the  Ferrum  phos  again,  and  there  was  a  rapid  improve- 
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274  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

ment.  But  in  the  same  degree  as  the  pains  were  leaving  and  the  swelling 
decreasing,  spasmodic  pains  in  the  abdomen  set  in.  There  was  also  an 
occasional  vomiting  of  bilious  matter.  As  soon  as  these  latter  symptoms 
came  on,  I  ordered  the  little  patient  some  Magnes.  phos.  dissolved  in  water, 
in  frequent  sips,  which  removed  all  these  symptoms  in  twenty-four  hours. 
Ferrum  phos.  and  Kali  mur.  were  continued  in  less  frequent  doses.  Six 
days  after  my  first  visit  the  patient  was  able  to  leave  the  bed,  and  was  quite 
well.     (Dr.  Schlegel.) 

July  29th,  1879.  From  the  reports  of  a  Medical  Congress  at  Dortmund, 
by  Dr.  Stens,  Jr. :  "I  should  like  to  report  on  a  case  of  rheumatism  which 
was  cured  by  Ferrum  phos.  in  a  very  short  time,  after  having  tried  several 
of  the  most  reputed  remedies  which  seemed  indicated.  A  lady,  aet.  42 
(catamenia  normal,  though  scanty),  had  been  treated  by  me  for  the  last  few 
years.  She  suffered  from  digestive  derangement,  and  sometimes  from  vio- 
lent attacks  of  megrim.  This  lady  awoke  one  morning  with  a  violent  pain 
in  the  right  upper  arm  and  region  of  right  shoulder,  being  of  a  tearing 
nature.  She  had  walked  the  previous  evening  through  a  damp  meadow, 
getting  her  feet  wet.  The  pains  were  worse  if  she  moved  her  arm  quickly, 
but  easier  on  moving  it  very  gently.  She  was,  therefore,  keeping  it  con- 
stantly in  motion.  The  parts  affected  were  painful  on  being  touched.  Sev- 
eral nights  perspiration  had  been  excessive,  and  afterward  made  its  appear- 
ance every  morning  between  two  and  three  o'clock,  when  the  pains  were 
always  worse.  The  patient  also  complained  of  a  pain  in  the  right  hand 
and  powerlessness,  which  prevented  her  from  lifting  anything  heavy.  She 
often  felt  rather  exhausted,  and  had  to  lie  down.  I  gave  her  no  less  than 
five  remedies  which  seemed  to  suggest  themselves,  but  without  success. 
The  lady's  anaemic  condition,  and  partly  Dr.  Schiissler's  recommendation, 
made  me  think  of  iron.  I  prescribed  his  own  preparation  of  Ferrum  phos., 
as  much  as  would  cover  a  sixpence,  to  be  taken  night  and  morning.  The 
result  was  that,  after  taking  the  medicine  for  six  days,  the  pains,  with  their 
accompanying  symptoms,  did  not  return,  even  though  soon  after  this  wet 
weather  set  in,  when  she  had  generally  felt  her  pains  to  be  much  worse. 
(From  Schiissler. ) 

Miss  A.  W.,  aet.  io}£,  was  taken  with  a  chill  on  January  1st,  1884.  The 
next  day  I  found  her  with  very  high  fever,  pulse  120;  severe  pains  in  back 
and  limbs;  nausea  and  vomiting;  joints,  small  and  large,  greatly  inflamed; 
hands,  feet  and  limbs  cedematous.  Could  not  bear  to  be  touched  or  moved. 
Great  sensitiveness  in  every  part  of  the  body  and  limbs.  Pains  became 
very  much  worse  at  night,  increasing  to  such  an  extent  that  her  screams 
could  be  heard  by  the  neighbors  on  each  side  of  the  house.  Constant  cry 
for  cold  water;  vomiting  of  food  and  drink  almost  as  soon  as  swallowed. 
Tongue  coated  yellow,  with  horrible  bitter  metallic  taste.  Great  prostra- 
tion. Hereditary,  gouty-rheumatic  and  dropsical  diathesis.  Has  had  for 
some  time  back  a  ravenous  appetite,  especially  for  sweet  things,  which  was 
freely  indulged.  Treatment:  After  wasting  much  of  the  first  week  with 
various  remedies  with  no  improvement,  I  determined  to  adhere  to  the  sys- 
tem of  Schiissler.  For  the  fever,  vomiting  of  food  and  drink,  and  the  in- 
flammation, I  gave  Ferrum  phos.  6x.     Pains  aggravated  at  night,  Calcarea 


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phos.  6x;  for  rheumatic  gout,  cedema,  dropsy,  yellow  coated  tongue  with 
bitter  taste,  Natrum  sulph.  3X,  about  ten  grains  in  half  a  goblet  of  water,  a 
teaspoonful  every  other  hour  in  alternation  with  the  first  two,  which  were 
given  dry  and  at  the  same  time.  From  the  commencement  of  this  treat- 
ment, decided  improvement  began,  and  by  the  fourteenth  day  of  her  sick- 
ness she  was  able  to  sit  up.  Previous  to  her  sickness  she  had  become  so 
stout  that  she  could  not  stoop  to  button  her  shoes,  and  her  cloak  could 
scarcely  be  buttoned  around  her.  Indeed,  it  was  so  uncomfortable  buttoned 
that  she  would  go  with  it  open  almost  all  the  time.  After  her  recovery  she 
was  able  to  stoop,  and  her  cloak  could  be  lapped  several  inches. — E.  H.  Hol- 
brook,  M.  D.,  in  Eclectic  Medical  Journal. 

Dr.  Sulzer,  of  Berlin,  reports  a  case  of  fever  and  violent  pain  in  the  right 
shoulder  joint,  high  temperature,  full  and  rapid  pulse,  thirst  and  loss  of 
appetite.  Shoulder  red,  swollen  and  sensitive  to  pressure.  The  pressure  of 
the  pillow  was  unbearable.     Fer rum  phos.  6x  cured. — Allg.  Horn.  Zeit. 


RICKETS. 

Calcarea  phos. — In  delicate  children,  caused  by  soft  spongi- 
ness  of  the  bone,  from  want  of  phosphate  of  lime  molecules. 
Skull  soft  and  thin,  with  crackling  noise  when  pressed  upon, 
delayed  closure  of  fontanelles,  sallow,  earthy  complexion,  face 
pimpled,  retarded  dentition,  emaciation,  lateral  curvature, 
swollen  condyles  in  both  extremities,  spina  bifida,  non-union 
of  broken  bones,  systematic  dyscrasias.  Pott's  disease, 
shrunken  children,  hard  lumps  on  the  cranium,  diarrhoea  dur- 
ing dentition  with  much  flatus,  cold  tremors,  child  cannot 
hold  head  upright.  Its  principal  indications  are  the  fonta- 
nelles which  remain  wide  open,  the  diarrhoea  and  the  emacia- 
tion of  the  child. 

Kali  phos. — Atrophy  of  the  bones,  with  putrid-smelling 
discharges  from  the  bowels.  Indigestion  with  nervous  de- 
pression. 

Natrum  mur. — Particularly  useful  when  the  thighs  are 
notably  emaciated  and  the  disease  is  in  its  early  stages,  with 
slight  pliability  of  the  bones.     (Gilchrist.) 

Silicea. — Open  fontanelles,  head  too  large  and  rest  of  body 
emaciated,  with  pale  face,  abdomen  swollen,  hot;  ankles 
weak,  profuse  head  sweat  and  body  dry,  likes  wrapping  up 


276  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

warmly,  offensive  diarrhoea,  stools  contain  undigested  food, 
with  great  exhaustion,  but  painless ;  inflammation,  swelling 
and  suppuration  of  glands  and  bones,  ulceration  and  necrosis, 
cellular  inflammations,  boils.  Abscess,  etc.,  with  tardy  re- 
covery and  subsequent  induration. 

Natrum  phos. — This  remedy  is  highly  recommended  for 
poorly  nourished  children  who  are  threatened  with  rachitis 
and  continually  pass  clay-colored  stools.  Dose  10  grains,  four 
times  a  day.     Rachitis  with  excessive  acidity. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Dr.  Kniippel,  of  Madgeburg,  reports  (Allg.  Horn.  Zeit.,  1882,  p.  4)  cases 
in  which  children  had  formerly  been  born  rachitic,  but  through  the  mater- 
nal ingestion  of  Calcarea  phos}  during  last  months  of  pregnancy  all  subse- 
quent children  were  born  perfectly  healthy. 

Child,  set.  2  years,  with  right  thigh  swollen  to  three  times  its  natural  size 
from  hip-joint  to  knee,  stony  hard,  having  existed  for  six  weeks;  yielded 
promptly  to  Calc.Jluor.  In  this  case  even  touching  the  limb  was  followed 
by  the  greatest  distress,  even  prolonged  crying.     (J.  W.  Ward,  M.  D.) 

SCARLATINA. 

Ferrum  phos. — Simple  cases  of  scarlet  fever.  (In  alterna- 
tion with  Kali  mttr.) 

Kali  mur. — Often  suffices  in  mild  cases  with  Ferrum  phos. , 
brings  rash  out  and  prevents  sequelae.  Lymphatic  enlarge- 
ments, etc. 

Kali  sulph. — Desquamation,  skin  peels  off,  it  assists  desqua- 
mation and  formation  of  the  new  skin,  also  for  the  develop- 
ment of  the  rash.  Discharges  of  foul,  offensive,  ichorous  pus 
from  ears,  fetid  discharges  from  all  mucous  surfaces. 

Kali  phos. — Post-scarlatinal  dropsy. 

Natrum  mur. — Drowsiness,  twitching  and  vomiting  of  wa- 
tery fluids. 

Silicea. — Scrofulosis,  glands  swollen  and  threaten  to  sup- 
purate, boils,  abscesses,  subsequent  induration  of  glands  from 
tardy  reconvalescence. 

Natrum  sulph. — Rash  rough  and  pimply,  rising  of  mucus 
in  the  throat. 


SCIATICA. 


CLINICAL  CASES. 


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A.  S.,  the  child  of  a  post  official  visiting  here,  was  taken  ill  with  an  attack 
of  very  slight  scarlatina.  The  rash  had  disappeared  after  scarcely  twenty- 
four  hours.  The  throat  symptoms,  at  first  threatening  to  be  severe,  disap- 
peared in  three  or  four  days.  On  the  seventh  day  almost  complete  retention 
of  urine  set  in,  as  in  twenty-four  hours  only  a  very  small  quantity  was  passed, 
although  the  child  drank  a  good  deal.  The  urine  contained  some  albumen, 
the  feet  were  swollen,  the  abdomen  very  much  distended.  As  the  child  was 
all  this  time  in  high  fever,  and  at  night  delirious,  I  advised  the  parents  on 
my  visit  on  the  morning  of  the  eighth  day  to  consult  a  second  physician. 
Dr.  Gerster,  who  was  called  in  to  consult  with  me,  agreed  completely  with 
my  diagnosis.  When  I  told  him  that  I  had  not  had  any  results  from  any 
of  the  medicines,  such  as  Bellad.,  Canthar.  and  Arsenic,  we  agreed  to  give 
Kali  mur. ,  every  two  hours  a  small  powder.  In  the  evening  the  little  one 
was  already  better.  She  had  passed  a  tolerable  quantity  of  urine  free  from 
albumin,  the  pulse  steadier,  the  skin  moist.  The  following  night  the  little 
girl  slept  quietly  for  several  hours.  In  the  morning  almost  free  from  fever, 
and  could  be  considered  convalescent.  We  continued  the  use  of  Kali  mur., 
and  a  few  days  after  she  was  able  to  return  home  perfectly  well.  (From 
Schiissler. ) 

Dr.  Holbrook  reports  a  case  of  scarlatina  {Southern  Journal  of  Homoeo- 
pathy*) treated  with  Kali  mur.m  alone,  making  a  good  recovery,  and,  given 
to  the  rest  of  the  children  in  the  home,  prevented  their  having  it,  though 
with  the  sick  one  nearly  constantly. 

"  A  few  days  ago,"  writes  the  pastor  in  W ,  "  two  of  my  children  had 

the  scarlatina,  one  of  them  being  complicated  with  diphtheria.  The  allo- 
pathic physician  pronounced  the  latter  case  hopeless.  That  which  most 
frightened  me  was  the  complete  insomnia  day  and  night.  The  convulsions 
and  typhoid  symptoms  did  not  yield  to  any  remedy.  I  employed  several 
remedies  without  result.  At  last,  in  looking  over  Schiissler's  work,  I  found 
that  Natrum  mur.  was  the  remedy  indicated.  I  at  once  made  use  of  it, 
but  with  little  confidence.  However,  the  result  was  striking;  after  the  first 
dose  the  child  had  a  peaceful  sleep,  and  slept  quietly  all  night.  I  continued 
the  remedy,  and  my  child,  declared  hopeless,  was  cured  in  a  few  days." 
(Jour.  Pop.  de  Horn.) 

Several  cases  of  scarlatina  this  winter  did  not  do  well  under  the  usual 
remedies  but  were  speedily  relieved  and  cured  by  Natrum  stdph.  The  rash 
instead  of  being  smooth  was  rough  and  pimply,  and  in  some  cases  rising  of 
mucus  in  the  throat.      (E.  H.  H.) 


SCIATICA. 

Kali  phos. — Affection  of  the  sciatic  nerve  which  extends 
down  the  back  of  the  thigh  to  the  knee,  dragging  pain,  torpor, 
stiffness,  great  restlessness  and  pain,  nervous  exhaustion,  lack 


278  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

of  motor  stimulus,  moving  gently  for  a  time  gives  relief,  neu- 
rasthenic type. 

Natrum  sulph. — Sciatica  when  symptoms  of  constitutional 
gout  exist.  Pain  in  hip  joint,  worse  when  rising  from  a  seat 
or  moving  in  bed. 

Magnesia  phos. — Sciatica  with  excruciating,  spasmodic 
pains,  relieved  by  heat. 

Natrum  mur. — Tensive  pain  in  the  right  hip  joint  and 
knee,  of  a  remittent  character,  painful  contraction  of  hamstrings, 
limb  emaciated  and  painful  to  touch,  pains  renewed  or  in- 
creased in  a  recumbent  posture,  even  in  daytime,  more  toward 
noon,  relieved  by  heat.     Chronic  cases  after  quinine. 

Silicea. — Sciatica,  chronic  cases.  Pain  worse  on  motion. 
Pain  in  hips.     On  walking  calves  feel  too  short. 

Calcarea  phos. — Crawling  and  tingling  with  the  pain.  At- 
tacks return  in  cold  weather.     Tearing,  shooting  in  hip  bone. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Mr.  B.  has  been  suffering  for  seven  months  with  sciatica  in  left  leg;  the 
pain  was  very  severe  and  fast  undermining  his  health;  he  had  been  treated 
by  a  very  skillful  physician  all  this  time,  and  almost  every  known  remedy 
was  tried,  until  the  physician  himself  gave  up  the  case  and  said  that  he 
could  do  nothing  more.  I  was  called,  found  patient  suffering  with  a  dull, 
tensive  pain,  extending  the  whole  length  of  the  sciatic  nerve  of  the  left  leg, 
worse  on  slightest  motion;  prepared  a  small  powder  of  Kali  phos.  6x,  in 
half  a  glass  of  water,  and  gave  a  teaspoonful  every  ten  minutes  for  an  hour, 
when  the  pain  was  much  better;  patient  then  slept  until  morning.  Next 
night  the  pain  returned;  gave  same  remedy,  but  with  no  result.  The  next 
night  gave  Kali  phos}'1,  and  very  soon  the  pain  was  relieved;  continued 
Kali  phos?1  every  two  hours,  a  small  powder  dry  for  a  week,  and  then  four 
times  a  day  for  a  month;  once  during  that  time  he  had  a  slight  attack,  which 
was  soon  stopped  by  putting  one  of  the  powders  in  a  half  glass  of  water,  and 
giving  a  teaspoonful  ever}'  ten  minutes  for  awhile.  A  year  has  passed  and 
there  has  been  no  return  of  the  trouble.     (G.  H.  Martin,  M.  D. ) 

A  lady,  who  had  to  be  brought  home  from  campmeeting,  I  found  suffering 
with  an  intense  pain  down  the  sciatic  nerve.  There  were  some  fever  and  ex- 
treme soreness  to  the  touch  or  movement.  She  would  cry  out  with  pain 
from  the  slightest  movement.  Tongue  was  coated  greenish-yellow.  Gave 
Ferruin  phos.'200  and  Natrum  sulph.20"  in  water  alternately.  The  next  day 
she  could  move  without  much  pain,  and  was  able  to  shift  herself  from  one 
side  of  the  bed  to  the  other.  The  third  day  she  was  able  to  sit  up,  and  was 
soon  convalescent.     (E.  H.  H.) 


SCROFULA  AND  TUBERCULOSIS.  279 

Sciatica  cured  by  Magnesia  phos.  A  man  who  had  been  washing  sheep 
had  sciatica  and  could  not  lie  down.  All  the  sleep  he  got  was  in  a  chair, 
and  hot  applications  to  the  right  sciatic  nerve  alone  relieved.  Magnesia 
phos.  30X  cured  him  without  much  trouble.     (H.  P.  Holmes.) 


SCROFULA  AND  TUBERCULOSIS. 

[The  following  is  taken  from  Schiissler's  24th  Edition,  pub- 
lished in  1897.] 

Magnesia  phosphorica  and  Natrum  phosphoricum. — The 

possibility  of  leucocytes  undergoing  cheesy  metamorphosis  is 
due  to  the  fact  that  they  contain  albumen  and  fat.  A  con- 
glomeration or  mass  of  leucocytes  that  has  not  yet  undergone 
cheesy  degeneration  constitutes  scrofula,  while  tuberculosis,  is 
the  state  after  such  degeneration.  Hence  scrofula  is  the  first 
tuberculosis  the  second.  Much  can  be  accomplished  in  almost 
any  stage  and  in  all  scrofulous  diseases  by  the  use  of  the  phos- 
phates, selected  according  to  their  characteristic  indications. 

In  regard  to  tuberculosis,  Magnesia  phosphorica  deserves 
special  attention,  and  the  latest  experience  endorses  it  as  a 
remedy  for  lupus.  As  long  as  no  cheesy  degeneration  is 
present  Natrtim  phos.  is  able  to  release  the  imprisoned  leuco- 
cytes. 

A  mass  of  leucocytes  undergoing  cheesy  degeneration  fur- 
nishes a  nutrient  soil  for  bacilli,  and  hence  must  be  cast  off 
and  eliminated  as  a  foreign  body  by  normal  cell  action.  Every 
healthy  cell  possesses  the  property  of  recognizing  and  repel- 
ling inimical  substances.  Perfectly  healthy  cells  are  not 
found  in  the  neighborhood  of  tubercles.  Such  must  be  formed 
through  the  action  of  the  indicated  phosphates,  which  bring 
about  their  new  cell  formation  and  also  enter  into  their  com- 
position. 

Koch's  Tuberculin  cannot  effect  such  results,  since  it  is  a 
substance  foreign  to  the  cells  and  hence  is  repelled. 

The  expulsion  of  a  tubercle  by  means  of  the  normal  cell 
action  is  the  expression  of  Nature's  power  of  healing.  The 
possibility  of  such  a  natural  recovery  can  readily  be  conceived 
by  any  rational  man. 


2  So  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

NOTE. 

[In  a  former  Edition,  the  20th,  we  find  the  following,  which  we  append  as  a 
note  to  Scrofula  and  Tuberculosis.] 

Tuberculin ,  from  which  the  tubercular  lymph  has  lately  been  manufactured, 
will  yet  have  to  undergo  many  metamorphoses  before  it  is  discovered  that 
they  who  use  it,  are  on  the  wrong  track. 
"  Man  dreht  sich  rechts, 
Man  dreht  sich  links, 
Doch  hangt  der  Zopf  stets  hinten." 

There  are  still  to  be  found,  here  and  there,  physicians,  who,  infatuated 
with  the  bacteriological  fad,  seek  to  cure  by  means  of  tuberculin  diseased 
tuberculous  conditions. 

They  point  to  their  successes,  but  that  these  rest  upon  errors,  even  in  the 
face  of  their  numerous  failures,  they  are  unwilling  to  doubt. 

It  is  not  excluded  from  possibility  that  bacilli  might  be  found  in  the 
sputum  of  any  one  suffering  from  a  simple  bronchial  catarrh,  but  otherwise 
perfectly  healthy,  which  had  just  been  inhaled  and  retained  in  the  thick 
secretion. 

An  enthusiastic  follower  of  Koch  affected  with  the  bacillus  mania  will  at 
once  upon  the  discovery  of  the  bacilli  in  the  sputum  conclude  that  tubercles 
are  present  in  the  lung  tissue  and,  following  this  erroneous  conclusion,  will 
bring  at  once  tuberculin  to  the  field. 

After  the  cure  has  been  accomplished,  which  is  to  say,  when  the  catarrh 
under  favorable  influence  of  external  conditions  has  cured  itself,  the  patient, 
believing  himself  to  have  been  affected  with  tuberculosis,  willingly  pays  the 
expenses  of  the  hunt  for  the  bacilli. 

Bacilli  which  are  found  on  healthy  cells  will  be  cast  off  and  eliminated. 
Bacilli  which,  as  above  mentioned,  meet  on  a  catarrhal  secretion  in  the  air 
passages  will  be  expectorated  with  the  secretion.  Bacilli  meeting  in  a  mass 
of  leucocytes,  which  have  undergone  cheesy  degeneration,  adhere  and  thrive 
therein,  because  this  mass,  being  inactive,  cannot  throw  them  off.  It  becomes 
their  breeding  place,*  and  the  bacilli  act  as  the  cause  of  disease.  However,  if 
this  nutrient  soil,  in  consequence  of  rational  means,  is  cut  off  and  eliminated 
then  the  bacilli  will  go  the  same  path,  or  be  left  to  the  same  fate  as  the 
cheese  mites — when  consumed. 

If  the  bacilli  did  not  require  this  mass  of  cheesy  degenerated  leucocytes  for 
breeding  ground,  if  they  could  breed  in  healthy  places,  then  they  would 
soon  undermine  the  whole  organism  and  tuberculosis,  indeed,  would  not 
have  time  to  become  chronic  and  the  patient  would  die  before  both  lungs 
would  have  been  undermined  by  the  bacilli. 

It  is  different  with  the  germs  which  cause  acute  infectious  diseases, 
measles,  scarlatina,  typhus,  small-pox,  etc.  These  germs  cannot  find  a 
pathological  ground  whereupon  to  breed,  and  they  are  proportionately 
quickly  cast  off  and  eliminated  hy  healthy  cell  action. 

*As  no  one  can  with  certainty  say  whether  such  a  pathological  condition  is  present  or 
not  in  his  organism,  it  is  wise  to  avoid  conditions  which  may  lead  to  such  conditions. 


SEPTICEMIA.  28l 

A  wise  Daniel  may  yet  prepare  a  remedy  from  measles  or  scarlet  fever 
germs  which  will  be  just  as  worthless  and  perhaps  as  harmful  as  tuberculin, 
and  the  antihydrophobic  virus  of  the  French  Pasteur,  with  which  not  only 
does  he  seek  to  cure  hydrophobia,  but  even  epilepsy.* 

Tuberculin  may,  in  some  cases,  effect  favorable  changes  in  certain  affections 
of  short  or  long  duration,  but  no  cure,  and  in  many  cases  aggravations  are 
produced,  shortening  the  patient's  life. 

Recently  in  the  Berlin  Medical  Society  Dr.  Henoch  reported  his  experience 
in  the  children's  ward  of  the  "  Charite  "  He  first  alluded  to  the  incompe- 
tence of  statistics  and  statistical  tables,  which  prove  nothing  to  the  practical 
physician.  Here  the  experience  of  individuals  only  can  be  decisive.  Even 
also  the  term  improvement  signifies  nothing,  since  the  very  meaning  of  "im- 
provement "  is  subjective  and  involuntary.  However,  it  is  different  with 
the  marked  aggravations  as  he  observed  them.  The  22  sick  children  of  his 
division  which  were  treated  with  Koch's  lymph  with  the  utmost  care  and 
precaution,  not  a  single  case  of  even  a  doubtful  improvement  could  be  traced, 
but  several  cases,  on  the  other  hand,  were  made  worse  in  consequence  of 
new  complications  brought  on  by  its  use. 

Improvements  or  apparent  improvements  can  be  easily  explained.  Tuber- 
culin can,  like  any  other  expectorant,  produce  an  increase  of  expectoration, 
and  perhaps  a  quantity  of  bacilli  will  be  separated  from  their  soil,  and 
naturally  a  decrease  of  expectoration  follows  the  so-called  secondary  action. 
If  such  secondary  action  lasts  for  some  time  then  the  general  health  of  the 
patient  will  improve,  and  with  good  appetite  and  proper  care  he  will  gain  in 
weight. 

The  joy  caused  by  such  a  favorable  turn  will  last  until  the  secondary 
action  is  exhausted  and  new  colonies  of  bacilli  settle  in  the  infected  soil. 

And  this  will  soon  occur,  because  the  nutrient  soil  of  the  bacilli  cannot  be 
eradicated  by  tuberculin  but  still  remains  present. 

The  endeavor  to  eradicate  the  infected  soil  by  means  of  tuberculin  recalls 
a  proverb  of  the  Poet  Haller,  who  says  of  mankind: 

Unselig  Mittelding  von  Engel  und  von  Vieh, 

Du  prahlst  mit  der  Vernunft,  und  du  gebrauchst  sie  nie. 


SEPTICEMIA. 
Kali  phos. — Septic  hemorrhages  of  putrid  blood. 


*Pasteur,  who  was  a  celebrated  chemist,  but  no  physician,  was  ignorant  of  pathology 
and  therapeutics,  and  reminds  one  of  the  tailor  of  Louis  XIV.,  who  one  day  handed  to 
that  monarch  a  memorial  on  the  condition  of  domestic  economy  and  internal  politics. 

It  is  self  evident  that  one  must  be  well  grounded  in  physiology,  physiological  and 
pathological  chemistry,  pathology  and  pathological  anatomy  in  order  to  discover  ra- 
tional methods  of  cure.  Chemistry  alone  is  not  sufficient,  it  has  other  problems  to 
solve. 


282  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 


SKIN,  DISEASES  OF. 

Ferrum  phos. — Inflammation  of  the  skin  when  there  exists 
either  fever,  heat,  pain,  throbbing  or  redness  ;  pimples,  heat 
and  congestion  of  the  skin. 

Kali  mur. — Acne.  Pimples  on  the  face  with  thick  white 
contents,  caused  by  a  disturbed  action  of  the  follicular  glands. 

Eczema.  Crusta  lactea,  scurfy  eruptions  on  the  head  and 
face  of  little  children.  Dandruff.  This  is  the  principal  rem- 
edy in  alternation  with  Ferrum  phos.,  arising  from  vaccina- 
tion with  impure  lymph.  Eczema  resulting  from  deranged 
uterine  functions,  characteristic  tongue,  dry,  flourlike  scales 
on  the  skin.  Albuminoid  discharge  from  the  skin  with 
white  tongue.  Vesicular  eczema,  albuminoid  secretions  or 
contents. 

Eruptions.  Acne,  pustules,  pimples,  etc.,  connected  with 
stomach  derangements,  white  tongue  accompanied  with  de- 
ranged menstrual  periods,  sero-fibrinous  secretions. 

Erythema.     After  Ferrum  phos.  if  swelling  be  present. 

Herpes  Zona.  Shingles,  vesicles  encircling  half  of  the 
body  like  a  belt,  white  tongue. 

IyUPUS. 

WarTS.     On  the  hands,  also  externally. 

Sycosis.     Primary  remedy. 

Bunions.     Chilblains  and  lupus,  principal  remedy. 

Kali  phos. — Eczema.  If  nervous  irritation  and  oversensi- 
tiveness  accompany  it.  Greasy  scabs  with  offensive  smell ; 
secretions  of  the  skin,  irritating,  causing  soreness  of  tbe  parts, 
itching,  with  a  crawling  sensation,  gentle  friction  agreeable, 
excess  causes  sore,  chafed  skin,  bloody,  watery  secretions,  ex- 
cessive, offensive  perspirations.  Itching  of  scalp ;  back  of 
head  sore  as  if  hair  was  pulled.     Carbuncles. 

Chilblains.  On  toes,  hands  and  ears,  tingling  and  itching 
pain.     Recent,  not  suppurating. 

Malignant  Pustule.  Blisters  and  blebs  all  over  the 
body,  watery  contents,  skin  withered  and  wrinkled. 


SKIN,   DISEASES  OF.  283 

Kali  sulph. — Dryness  of  the  skin  from  suppressed  skin  dis- 
eases.    Dread  of  hot  drinks. 

Eczema.  Discharge  of  yellow,  effete  matter,  eczema  sud- 
denly suppressed  with  other  symptoms  of  this  drug. 

Eruptions.  Suddenly  receding  through  a  chill  or  from 
other  causes.  Diseased  condition  of  the  nails,  interrupted 
growth,  skin  scales  freely  on  a  sticky  base.  Sores  on  the 
skin,  with  yellow,  watery  secretion  on  limited  portion,  with 
peeling  off  of  skin. 

Psoriasis.  Several  cases  of  this  affection  are  reported  as 
having  been  cured  with  this  remedy. 

Dandruff.  Yellowish  or  white  scales  on  the  scalp  (also 
as  a  wash),  falling  off  of  hair,  lower  lip  dry  and  scaly. 

"  The  internal  use  of  Kali  sulph.,  a  dose  every  four  hours, 
has  invariably  cured  every  case  of  tinea  capitis.  I  rely  upon 
this  remedy  exclusively,  using  no  wash  or  greasy  ointments 
whatever."  (A.  P.  Davis.)  Effects  of  ivy  poisoning.  Burn- 
ing, itching  papular  eruptions.     Nettlerash. 

Magnesia  phos. — Barber's  itch ;  herpetic  eruption  with 
white  scales.  Dandruff,  pustules  and  pimples  on  scalp.  Rash 
like  insect  bites,  worse  about  knees,  ankle  and  elbows. 

Natrum  mur. — Eruptions.  With  clear,  watery  contents, 
small  vesicles  or  blisters  with  colorless,  watery  contents,  form- 
ing into  thin  scabs  or  crusts  which  fall  off  and  readily  form 
again.  Pustular  eruptions  on  forehead.  Skin  of  hands,  espe- 
cially about  nails,  dry  and  cracked. 

Eczema.  White  scales,  eruptions  with  watery  contents 
from  eating  too  much  salt. 

Intertrigo.  Soreness  of  the  skin  in  children  with  watery 
symptoms,  white  scales  on  the  scalp.  Intertrigo  between 
thighs  and  scrotum  with  acrid  discharge  and  excoriation. 

Pemphigus.     Fluid  from  blisters  and  blebs  like  water. 

Rupia.     Blisters,  not  pustular  eruptions. 

Sycosis.     If  watery  symptoms  correspond. 

Dandruff.     White  scales  on  the  scalp. 

Warts.     In  palms  of  hands. 

Urticaria.     About  the  joints  especially. 


284  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Herpes  Zoster.  Second  remedy,  herpetic  eruptions  oc- 
curring through  the  course  of  any  disease. 

Effects  of  bites  of  insects  (externally),  warts  in  the  palms 
of  the  hands.     Urticaria  and  miliary  eruptions. 

Natrum  phos. — Soreness,  chafing  of  the  skin  in  children. 
Swelling  of  the  sebaceous  glands ;  eruptions  from  vaccination. 
Goitre. 

Eczema.  With  symptoms  of  acidity,  secretions  creamy, 
honey-colored,  golden-yellow  scabs.  Crusta  lactea  about  ears 
of  little  children. 

IvUPUS  both  internally  and  externally. 

Erythema.  Rose-rash  (with  Ferrum  fikos.),  sore  patches 
on  the  skin,  yellow,  creamy  discharge,  hives,  itching  all  over 
the  body  like  insect  bites. 

Natrum  sulph. — Chafing  of  the  skin  in  children  with 
bilious  symptoms.     Chilblains. 

Eczema.  Vesicles,  eruptions  containing  yellowish,  watery 
secretions.     Yellow  scales. 

Pemphigus.     Watery  vesicles  or  blebs  all  over  the  body. 

Wheals.  Containing  a  yellow  watery  secretion.  CEdema 
of  the  skin. 

Warts.  It  abstracts  water  from  the  base  of  the  warts  and 
causes  a  shrinking  of  the  same. 

Silicea. — Itching  exanthema,  small  pustules  filled  with 
lymph,  dying  quickly.  Small  wounds  suppurate  profusely. 
Phagedenic  ulcers,  carbuncles.  Suppurative  process  in  the 
skin.  Acne,  burns  by  day.  Pemphigus,  zona,  rhagades, 
rose-colored  blotches.  Erysipelas  with  suppuration.  Boils 
come  in  crops.  Malignant  pustules.  Diseases  of  the  finger 
nails,  brittleness,  etc. 

Calcarea  phos. — Chafed  skin,  excoriation,  itching  of  the 
skin. 

Eczema.  Eruption  of  the  skin,  with  yellow-white  scabs 
and  vesicles  (albuminous,  white  of  egg  contents),  anaemia, 
bloodlessness  of  the  skin. 

Freckles.     Lessened  by  this  remedy. 

HERPES.     Itchings  acute  or  chronic,  intercurrently. 


SKIN,   DISEASES  OF.  285 

IvUPUS.     If  partial  manifestation  of  scrofulosis. 

Prurigo. — Pruritus,  troublesome  itching  of  the  skin,  often 
in  old  people  (4X  tr.),  alternately  with  Kali phos. 

Acne.     In  young  people  during  puberty. 

Perspiration.  Too  frequent  or  excessive,  especially  if 
about  the  head,  vesicular  blisters  with  albuminous  contents, 
tubercles  on  the  skin. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Scald-head  of  children,  if  there  be  purulent 
discharges  or  yellow  purulent  crusts,  festers,  etc.  Pimples,  if 
matter  forms  on  their  heads,  pustules,  nodules,  suppurating 
purulent  scabs,  suppuration  of  the  skin,  sores  discharging  pus 
or  sanious  matter.  Herpetic  eruptions,  all  over  itching  of 
soles. 

Chilblains.     Discharging  pus. 

Calcarea  fluor.— Chaps,  cracks  of  the  skin,  also  use  exter- 
nally with  vaseline,  fissures  in  the  palms  of  the  hands,  fissures 
of  the  anus,  horny  skin,  suppurations  with  callous,  hard  edges. 
Carbuncles. 

Eczema.  Due  to  venous  hypersemia,  worse  in  damp 
weather,  better  at  night.  Squamous  eczema  with  thicken- 
ing and  cracking  of  the  skin.  Eczema  of  anus  consequent 
to  hemorrhoids. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

Eczema  in  a  child,  on  cheeks,  chin  and  behind  ears,  skin  swollen  and  in- 
flamed and  underneath  it  indurations.  Pustules  developed  early,  cured  in 
one  week  by  Kali  mur.  6x,  every  four  hours.     (D.  B.  Whittier,  M.  D. ) 

Dr.  H.  Goullon  reports  in  the  Pop.  Zeit.  fur  Horn.,  April,  1885,  a  case  of 
cycosis  cured  by  Calcarea  sulph.6;  the  case  presented  the  yellow  purulent 
conditions  calling  for  this  remedy. 

Dr.  S.  writes:  Mrs.  S.,  set.  24,  of  Regensburg,  who  had  been  suffering  for 
several  years  from  lichen,  had  used  various  well-known  medicines,  which 
had  done  her  no  good.  I  tried  various  remedies,  and  at  last  cured  her.  A 
few  months  ago  she  came  again,  and  the  lichen  was  worse  than  ever.  My 
former  remedy  had  no  effect;  and  with  several  others,  Arsen.,  etc.,  it  was 
no  better.  I  gave  her  Calcarea  sulph.,  night  and  morning,  in  quantities 
as  large  as  a  bean,  and  in  a  fortnight  the  cure  was  complete.  (From 
Schiissler. ) 

Case  illustrative  of  the  beneficial  action  of  Calcarea  sulph.  in  pemphigus 
foliaceus.—  Allg.  Horn.  Zeit.,  1882,  p.  42. 


286  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Julia  C,  set.  3,  eruption  all  over  the  face  and  on  the  hands,  which  are 
kept  covered  to  prevent  scratching;  has  been  afflicted  eight  months  and 
been  under  the  best  allopathic  treatment  without  benefit.  Gave  her  at  first 
Kali  mur.6,  in  solution.  This  remedy  was  continued  for  some  time,  but 
without  much  benefit,  if  any.  Gave  her  then  Calcarea  phos.6,  in  solution. 
This  remedy  produced  a  change  for  the  better  in  a  week,  and  it  being  con- 
tinued cured  the  case  in  two  months.  The  heat  of  the  following  summer 
seemed  to  produce  a  relapse,  when  the  same  remedy  again  cured  it,  and  she 
remains  well.     (C.  T.  M.) 

Case  of  skin  disease  lasting  for  years,  consisting  of  a  recurring  eruption 
of  fine  red  pimples,  and,  when  very  severe,  the  pimples  run  together,  the 
surface  presenting  a  red  swollen  appearance,  a  strong  alkaline  fluid  oozes 
out  copiously;  after  this  exudation  the  inflammation  subsides,  and  the 
cuticle  comes  off  in  fine  scales.  Eruption  itches  and  stings  intensely,  and 
although  formerly  relieved  by  cold  water  the  irritation  has  become  relieved 
lately  by  heat.  He  has  also  used  Acetic  acid,  except  on  the  face,  which 
allayed  the  itching  and  redness.  He  has  taken  in  the  last  year  Fowler's 
solution  of  Arsenic,  but  without  relief.  The  attacks  are  worse  in  the  fall 
and  spring,  and  the  eruption  is  mostly  on  the  face,  arms  and  chest.  Consti- 
pation is  present.  After  using  Kali  sulph.  a  few  days,  commenced  having 
boils  and  had  a  great  many,  after  which  the  skin  was  better  than  it  had  been 
for  years,  bowels  also  better. 

In  another  case,  a  great  deal  worse,  having  lasted  twenty-five  years,  the 
scaly  eruption,  mostly  on  arms,  relieved  by  hot  water,  entirely  disappeared, 
but  returned  a  year  after,  when  the  same  remedy  in  repeated  doses  of  the 
30th,  finally  the  200th,  brought  relief.     (C.  Hg. ) 

Kali  mur.12,  given  for  gleet,  the  discharge  having  a  milky  appearance, 
produced  no  visible  effects  upon  the  flow,  but  increased  very  markedly  the 
dandruff  on  the  head,  which  fell  in  small  white  flakes  over  the  coat-collar, 
accompanied  by  itching.     (W.  P.  Wesselhceft,  M.  D.     From  Hg. ) 

Lady,  blonde,  aat.  20,  fair  skin  ordinarily.  Consulted  the  writer  for  ery- 
thema. For  two  days  cheeks  were  swollen,  fiery-red,  and  burnt  like  fire,  no 
itching,  eruption  or  roughness.  One  dose  Ferrum  pkos.,  M.  M.  (Swan). 
In  thirty  minutes  the  burning  fiery  redness  was  gone,  and  there  was  no 
return,  the  cure  being  perfect.  (Boardman,  London  Homoeopathic  Worlds 
1883.) 

Case  which  had  suffered  from  effects  of  ivy  poisoning  (Rhus  lox.)  for 
eight  months.  Was  formerly  treated  by  external  remedies,  but  has  repeat- 
edly broken  out  again  with  small,  hard  herpetic  vesicles,  forming  into  a 
thin  scab,  with  itching  and  some  moisture.  The  eruption  appears  in  the 
left  axilla,  about  the  neck  and  on  the  backs  of  both  hands.  She  has  a  sen- 
sation of  faintness  at  stomach  and  befogged  feeling  in  head,  fearing  to  lose 
her  reason.  Very  vivid  dreams.  Sulphur,  Rhus  and  Sepia  had  no  bene- 
ficial effect.  Two  doses  of  Kali  sulph}"1,  taken  in  water  morning  and  even- 
ing for  four  days,  cured  the  case  in  four  weeks.  (W.  P.  Wesselhoeft,  M.  D. 
From  Hg. ) 

Case  presenting  the  following  symptoms:  Bald  spot  as  large  as  a  silver 
dollar  on  left  side  of  the  head.     Hair  falls  out  easily  when  combing,  all  over 


SLEEP,   DISTURBANCE  OF.  287 

the  head,  also  of  beard.  Came  on  after  gonorrhoea  a  year  ago,  and  has 
probably  taken  much  potash.  Lycop.,  Natrum  mur.,  were  of  no  avail  dur- 
ing four  or  five  months.  After  taking  Kali  sulph}"1,  every  third  day  a 
powder  for  three  weeks,  the  hair  ceased  falling,  and  the  bald  spot  is  covered 
with  hair.     (W.  P.  Wesselhceft,  M.  D.     From  Hg.) 

Th.,  set.  15,  thick  crop  of  papules  on  forehead,  face  and  both  hands,  red 
looking,  itclies  and  burns  in  daytime  only.  The  spots  on  forehead  are  much 
worse  when  he  takes  off  his  hat.  Not  at  all  annoyed  in  the  evening  when 
warm,  or  at  night.  The  entire  eruption  vanished  in  less  than  a  fortnight 
under  Silicedm.     (R.  A.  Cooper.) 


SLEEP,  DISTURBANCES  OF. 

Magnesia  phos. — Sleeplessness  after  exhaustion  or  lack  of 
brain  nutrition.  (J.  C.  Morgan.)  Insomnia  from  nervous- 
ness and  emotions. 

Ferrum  phos. — Insomnia  from  hyperaemic  conditions.  A 
beautiful  hypnotic,  but  those  who  usually  sleep  well  are  kept 
awake  by  it.  Restless  at  night,  anxious  dreams.  Drowsi- 
ness in  the  afternoon. 

Kali  mur. — Startled  at  the  least  noise.  Somnolence,  rest- 
less sleep. 

Kali  phos. — Sleeplessness  after  worry,  excitement,  business 
troubles,  and  from  nervous  causes  generally.  Sleepless  from 
overexertion.  Often  accompanied  by  irritability,  great  de- 
spondency and  frequent  urination.  The  trite  remedy  restores 
normal  stimulating  power  in  the  gray  nervous  matter,  and 
consequent  contraction  of  the  arteries,  which  diminish  the 
flow  of  blood  to  the  brain,  and  natural  healthful  sleep  results. 
Sometimes  a  course  of  this  remedy  is  needed.  Somnambulism 
of  children  requires  a  steady  course  of  this  remedy.  Yawn- 
ing, stretching  and  weariness.  Constant  dreaming  of  fire, 
robbers,  of  falling,  of  ghosts,  etc.  Night  terrors  of  children, 
awaking  from  sound  sleep,  screaming  with  fright.  Lascivi- 
ous dreams.     Twitching  of  muscles  on  falling  asleep. 

Natrum  phos. — Drowsy  feeling,  yet  not  sleepy. 

Kali  sulph. — Very  vivid  dreams. 

Natrum  mur. — Excessive  sleep  traced  to  an  excess  of  moist- 
ure in  the  brain  substance.     Sleepiness,  the  natural  amount 


288  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

of  sleep  is  unrefreshing.  Constant  and  excessive  desire  to 
sleep.  Drowsiness,  saliva  dribbles  from  the  mouth.  Sleep- 
lessness with  great  nervous  irritability,  associated  with  cold- 
ness of  legs.  Sleep  restless  and  setting  in  late — frequent 
starting  during  sleep. 

Natrum  sulph. — Drowsiness  often  the  precursor  of  jaundice, 
when  there  exist  a  grayish  or  brownish-green  coated  tongue 
and  other  bilious  symptoms.     Awakened  by  asthma. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Vivid  dreams,  not  unpleasant,  but  with 
sense  of  impending  danger,  death,  of  new  scenes,  places,  etc. 

Calcarea  phos. — Drowsiness  in  old  people,  with  gloomy 
thoughts,  hard  to  wake  in  morning,  constant  stretching  and 
yawning,  children  cry  out  at  night. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

Kali  phos.  in  SLEEPLESSNESS. — Mr.  S.,  aged  51  years,  had  been  sick 
five  weeks  with  what  the  doctors  called  typhoid  fever.  He  had  been  run- 
ning down  for  nearly  two  years.  He  had  lost  nearly  all  of  his  strength  and 
flesh  and  could  not  sleep,  even  though  he  had  taken  all  of  the  old  remedies 
When  I  was  called  he  was  badly  alarmed  and  very  nervous.  During  his 
sickness  he  had  had  a  great  deal  of  headache  and  depression  of  spirits.  His 
tongue  was  coated  a  dark  brown,  and  his  breath  was  very  offensive.  He 
complained  of  a"  gone  sensation  "  in  his  stomach.  The  stools  were  putrid 
and  foul,  with  considerable  flatulence. 

His  fever  did  not  run  high,  and  varied  about  two  degrees  from  morning  to 
night.  I  gave  Kali  phos.  for  the  sleeplessness  and  nervousness,  and  Ferrum 
phos.  for  the  fever.  The  result  was  he  slept  well  from  the  first  and  wanted 
to  know  what  he  took.  I  experimented  some  by  not  giving  it  every  day, 
and  I  found  that  he  could  not  rest  without  it.  It  proved  to  be  the  remedy 
for  him.     (O.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D.) 

"  Mrs.  C.  says  when  she  has  a  severe  pain  in  back  of  neck  and  head,  and 
so  nervous  she  could  not  allow  any  one  to  talk  to  her,  could  not  lie  still  or 
sleep,  one  powder  of  Kali  phos.  would  relieve  her  in  a  few  minutes,  and 
she  would  sleep  as  if  she  had  taken  morphia,  and  would  feel  sleepy  for  the 
entire  day  and  night  following  the  dose."  Dr.  J.  C.  Nothingham,  who  pre- 
scribed the  Kali  phos.,  believes  the  symptoms  were  due  to  sexual  excesses. 
— Medical  Advance. 

A  gentleman,  who  has  suffered  from  great  sleeplessness,  depression  and 
occasional  tendencies  to  suicidal  mania,  writes:  I  do  not  know  how  to  thank 
you  for  the  medicine  you  gave  me;  it  has  done  me  so  much  good.  I  have 
taken  the  Kali  phos.  and  occasional  doses  of  Kali  mur.  very  faithfully,  and 
will  continue  to  do  so,  as  it  keeps  me  right.     (From  Schiissler. ) 

Mrs.  W.,  aet.  60,  much  sleeplessness  with  great  nervous  irritability  and 


SMALLPOX.  28q 

coldness  of  extremities  for  three  months.  She  cannot  keep  them  warm  in 
any  manner,  coldness  is  subjective,  but  not  objective.  Natrum.  mur.  6th 
trit.  promptly  cured  the  insomnia,  "soothed  her  nerves,"  and  cured  the 
other  symptoms.     (J.  C.  Burnett,  M.  D.) 

I  have  treated  many  cases  of  that  affection  with  Magnes.phos.  3X  tr. 
where  I  suspected  the  cause  to  be  of  a  nervous  origin.     Generally  a  good 
dose  of  that  medicine  in  two  or  three  tablespoonfuls  of  water,  teaspoonful 
doses  every  four  or  five  minutes,  overcame  the  difficulty  after  half  a  dozen 
teaspoonfuls  have  been  taken.     (E.  A.  da  Cailhol,  M.  D. ) 


SMALLPOX. 

Kali  mur. — This  is  the  principal  remedy ;  it  controls  the 
formation  of  pustules. 

Ferrum  phos. — If  the  fever  be  high,  alternately  with  Kali 
mur. 

Kali  phos. — Putrid  conditions,  heavy  odor,  exhaustion  and 
stupor.     Adynamic  symptoms  indicating  blood-decomposition. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Pustules  discharging  matter. 

Natrum  mur. — Salivary  flow,  confluence  of  pustules  and 
drowsiness. 

Kali  sulph. — To  promote  the  formation  of  healthy  skin 
and  the  falling  off  of  the  crusts. 

Natrum  phos. — When  the  pustules  become  purulent. 

SORE  THROAT. 

Ferrum  phos. — Throat  dry,  red,  inflamed,  with  very  much 
pain  (very  frequent  doses),  reduces  congestion,  heat,  fever, 
pain  and  throbbing  in  ulcerated  sore  throat,  sore  and  inflamed 
palate,  acute  stage  of  laryngitis.  Burning  of  the  throat  with 
pain.  Sore  throats  of  singers  and  those  who  use  the  voice 
daily.     Tendency  to  evening  hoarseness. 

Kali  mur. — When  swelling  of  the  glands  or  tonsils  sets  in, 
give  this  and  Ferrum  phos.  alternately.  Throat  ulcerated 
with  whitish  or  grayish  patches  or  spots,  and  the  character- 
istic white  tongue.  Syphilitic  sore  throat ;  pain  on  swallow- 
ing. Hawks  up  offensive,  cheesy  small  lumps.  Professor 
Wertheim,  of  Vienna,  recommended  this  remedy  as  a  wash 
*9 


290  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

and  gargle  in  sore  mouths  and  throats.  Granular  pharyngitis. 
Adenoid  elevations ;  secretion  of  mucus  which  is  white  and 
tough  ;  also  in  posterior  nares.  Patient  hawks  and  snuffs  to 
get  it  out.  In  follicular  pharyngitis,  with  tough,  tenacious 
secretion  and  cough,  temporarily  relieved  by  removal,  after 
great  effort,  of  the  clinging  sputa.  We  have  found  it  more 
frequently  usefiil  than  Kali  bichromtcum.  (H.  C.  French,, 
M.  D.) 

Kali  phos. — Gangrenous  sore  throat.  Throat  very  dry ; 
desire  to  swallow  all  the  time.  Salty  mucus  raised  from 
throat. 

Natrum  mur. — Enlargement  of  the  throat.  Goitre,  if  with 
watery  secretions.  Inflammation  of  the  mucous  lining  of  the 
throat,  transparent  mucus  covering  the  parts,  relaxed  uvula. 
Chronic  sore  throat  with  feeling  of  plug  or  lump,  and  great 
dryness  of  throat.  Constrictions  and  stitches  in  the  throat. 
Follicular  pharyngitis,  especially  in  smokers  after  nitrate  of 
silver  treatment. 

Natrum  phos. — Tonsils  coated  with  a  yellow  creamy 
mucus,  raw  feeling,  moist  deposit  on  the  tongue  mornings, 
looking  yellow.  Secretion  as  of  a  lump  in  the  throat,  worse 
swallowing  liquid. 

Calcarea  phos. — Clergyman's  sore  throat,  as  intercurrent. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Suppurating  sore  throat  (see  Tonsillitis), 
ulcerated  sore  throat,  yellow  matter,  last  stage. 

Magnesia  phos. — In  chronic  pharyngitis  with  choking  on 
attempting  to  eat  fast. 

Natrum  sulph. — Sore  throat  with  feeling  of  lump  on  swal- 
lowing dry.  Ulcerated  sore  throat.  Diphtheria  with  vomit- 
ing and  welling  up  of  mucus  from  the  stomach.  Palate 
burns  during  menses. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Relaxed  condition  of  the  uvula,  tickling 
in  the  larynx.  Exciting  cough.  Hawking  of  mucus  early 
in  morning.     Burning  in  throat  better  by  warmth. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

An  actor,  Mr.  E.,  consulted  me  for  a  severe  irritation  in  the  throat  that 
interfered  much  with  speech,  and  on  account  of  an  exceedingly  bad  breath. 


SPASMS,   CONVULSIONS,    ETC.  291 

This  was  especially  disturbing,  as  he  was  obliged  to  appear  in  a  role,  three 
days  later,  in  which  proximity  with  his  fellow  actors  was  necessary.  From 
an  examination  I  concluded  that  it  resulted  from  a  deficiency  of  Kali  phos., 
and  so  I  ordered  this  remedy.  On  the  evening  of  the  second  day  Mr.  E.  in- 
formed me  that  he  was  fully  recovered;  of  the  foul  breath  there  was  not  a 
trace  to  be  perceived.  He  also  stated  that  he  was  able  to  notice  an  improve- 
ment even  after  the  second  dose.     (Dr.  Quesse. ) 


SPASMS,  CONVULSIONS,  ETC. 

Ferrum  phos. — Convulsions,  with  fever  in  teething  chil- 
dren. 

Kali  phos. — Fits  from  fright,  with  pallid  or  livid  counte- 
nance. Hysterical  spasms  with  unconsciousness  and  low 
muttering  delirium. 

Magnesia  phos. — Cramps  in  any  part  of  the  body,  legs, 
throat,  larynx,  etc.  Writer's  cramp.  Muscular  contraction, 
twitchings  and  spasms.  Convulsions  with  stiffness  of  the 
limbs  or  body,  thumbs  drawn  in,  fingers  clenched,  etc.  Over- 
stimulation of  nerve  fibres.  Convulsive  twitchings  of  the 
corners  of  the  mouth.  Spasm  of  the  throat  on  attempting  to 
swallow,  spasmodic  stammering.  Tonic  spasms,  violent  con- 
tractions and  rigidity  of  the  muscles  during  longer  or  shorter 
intervals.  Tetanus,  lockjaw  (rub  it  into  the  gums).  Tetanic 
spasm,  like  Bellad.,  where  the  latter  does  no  good.     (J.  C.  M.) 

Calcarea  phos. — Convulsions  from  teething  without  fever, 
if  Magnesia  phos.  fails.  Fits  during  development  in  child- 
hood, in  youth  or  in  old  age,  where  the  lime  salts  are  at  fault. 
In  ansemic,  pale  patients,  in  the  strumous  and  scrofulous. 
Cramps  and  convulsive  movements  of  all  kinds  if  Magnesia 
phos.  fails. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Spasms  with  contractions  of  the  fingers,  open  eyes,  during  intervals  has 
a  spasmodic  cough.  Magnesia  phos.,  9X,  cured. — Raue's  Record  Homoeo- 
pathic Literature . 

A.  R.  V.  G.,  a  young  lady,  aet.  18,  had  visited,  along  with  her  mother,  in 
the  past  summer  (1875),  a  hydropathic  establishment.  Without  being  ill, 
she  had  used  the  baths,  even  during  her  catamenia.  Immediately  after  this 
she  took  violent  spasms  or  cramps,  which  set  in  daily  and  continued  after 


292  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

having  returned  home.      A  medical   man    was    consulted,  as   the    disease 
increased  in  spite  of  the  different  medicines  she  took.     A   second  doctor 
was  consulted,  who  quite  agreed  in  the  diagnosis  as  well  as  the  treatment 
adopted  by    his    colleague.     Injections    of    morphium,    very    strong    and 
repeated  several  times   daily,  were    the   main   remedies   applied;    but   the 
distressing   ailment    could   not   be    removed;  on  the  contrary,  the  cramps 
increased   in    violence    and   frequency.     The   medical  men    in  attendance 
finally  declared  that  there  was  no  chance  of  improvement  until  the  patient 
would  take  some  steel-baths  in  the  spring.     The  parents  were  afraid  that 
their  daughter  would  not  live  to  see  the  spring,  and  if  she  did,  that  she 
would  not  be  fit  to  be  removed.     They,  therefore,  telegraphed  requesting  a 
visit  from  me.     On  the  6th  of  September  last  I  saw  the  patient  for  the  first 
time.     I  had   known   her  formerly  and  was  astonished  to  see,  instead  of 
the  blooming  healthy  girl  she  had  been,  a  pale,  emaciated  figure  whom 
I   should  not  have  recognized.      During  my  presence  she    had  an  attack, 
her  features  were    distorted,  the   eyes   turned  upward,  froth    came  to  the 
mouth,   and    then    a    fearful  paroxysm  of   beating    and  striking  with  the 
hands  and  feet,  such  as   I    had   never   seen  before.     This   was   only    the 
commencement.     Suddenly  the  trunk    of   her   body    was  contorted  in  an 
indescribable  manner,  the  back  of  the  head  pressed  deeply  into  the  pillows, 
the  feet  forced  against  the  foot  of  the  bed,  her  chest  and  abdomen  became 
arched  like  a  bridge,  drawn  up  almost  half  a  yard.     In  this  unnatural  posi- 
tion she  was  suspended  several  seconds.     Suddenly  the  whole  body  jerked 
upward   with   a  bound,   and   the  poor  sufferer  was  tossed  about  for  some 
seconds  with  her  spine  contracted.     During  the  whole  attack,  which  lasted 
several  minutes,  she  was  quite  unconscious;  pinching  and  slapping  had  no 
effect,    dashing  cold  water  in  the  face  or  applying   burnt   feathers  to  the 
nostrils   was   ineffectual,    the   pupils    were   quite   insensible   to    the  light. 
Ignat.,  which  I  ordered,  had  no  effect;  Cupr.  met.  acted  better,  but  only 
temporarily;  Be/lad.,  Ipecac  and  Pulsat,    (the   latter  for   suppressed   cata- 
menia)  were   of  no  use.     The  attacks  did  not  increase,  neither  did  they 
decrease  in  the  least  degree.     The   morphium  injections,  too,  were  contin- 
ued at  the  desire  of  her  friends.     When  at  my  visit  on  the  4th  of  October, 
the  spasms  came  on  again  with  such  violence  that  the  bedstead  gave  way. 
I  consulted  Schiissler's  Therapy  and  ordered  Magnes.  phos.     After  taking 
this  remedy  on  the  10th  of  October,  the  catamenia  appeared,  but  her  condi- 
tion otherwise  was  in  no  way  changed.     The  spasms  continued  with  the 
same  violence.     Then,  remembering  Schiissler's  injunction  to  use  Calcarea 
phos.    where  Magnes.  phos.,   though   indicated  by  the  symptoms,   proves 
ineffectual,  I  gave  here  Calcarea  phos.,  on  the  16th  of  October,  a  full  dose 
every  two  hours.     Immediately  the  spasms  became  less  frequent.     On  the 
sixth   day  there  was  an  attack,  weak  and  of    short   duration.     From  this 
date  she  had  peace  till  the  6th  of  November,  the  day  of  the  return  of  the 
catamenia,  which  was  preceded   by  short  slight  attack.      On  the  14th  of 
December  I  had  a  call  from  the  young  lady,  looking  well  and  blooming, 
who  wished  to  consult  me  for  a  slight  bronchial  affection.     She  told  me  she 
was  entirely  cured  of  her  attacks,  and  at  the  beginning  of  December  she 
had  been  quite  regular,  without  experiencing  any  inconvenience.     (From 
Schussler. ) 


SPINS,   DISEASES  OF.  293 

A  very  interesting  case  came  under  my  treatment,  which  deserves  the  at- 
tention of  the  profession.  I  was  called  to  a  lady  advanced  in  years.  She 
had  been  suffering  for  nearly  five  weeks  from  fearful  attacks  of  convulsive 
spasms.  During  the  last  twenty-four  hours  she  had  thirty  attacks.  The 
spasms  darted  through  her  body  like  an  electric  shock,  so  that  she  fell  to 
the  ground.  The  attack  lasted  a  few  minutes,  after  which  she  felt  well 
enough,  but  rather  exhausted.  The  sufferer  did  not  venture  to  leave  her 
bed  now,  afraid  of  being  injured.  She  had  been  treated  by  her  first  doctor 
with  Flor.  zinci.,  Fowler's  solution,  and  friction,  but  without  success. 
When  I  saw  the  lady,  I  thought  of  trying  Schussler's  functional  remedies. 
Knowing  that  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  phos.  and  Calcarea  phos.  are  prescribed 
for  allaying  spasms,  I  chose  the  latter,  Calcarea  phos.,  under  the  circum- 
stances. Next  da}-,  to  the  astonishment  of  those  about  her,  I  found  the  old 
lady  walking  about  the  room.  She  met  me  with  a  smile,  exclaiming,  "  Ah! 
Doctor,  my  spasms  are  cured."  And  so  it  was.  She  had  not  another 
attack.      (Dr.  Fechtmann.     From  Schiissler. ) 

Dr.  F.,  of  Als6,  Hungary,  reports:  I  was  requested  to  go  into  the  country 
to  see  a  man  who  had  b  en  suffering  the  last  three  days  from  spasmodic, 
convulsive  sobbing.  He  was  lying  in  bed.  Subcutaneous  injections  of 
morphia,  friction  with  chloroform  and  sinapisms  (mustard  poultices)  were 
all  of  no  use.  Although  the  sobbing  was  mitigated  for  two  or  three  hours, 
it  returned  with  more  violence  than  ever.  I  gave  him  a  powder  of  Magnes. 
phos.  in  half  a  tumblerful  of  water.  After  the  second  tablespoonful  the 
sobbing  ceased  altogether,  to  the  astonishment  of  all  those  present.  (From 
Schiissler. ) 

Frequent  reports  of  writers'  cramp  cured  with  Magnesia  phosphorica  have 
been  published  since  the  former  edition  of  this  work  was  issued. 


SPINE,  DISEASES  OF. 

Kali  mur. — Tabes  dorsalis,  wasting  of  the  spinal  cord. 

Kali  phos. — Idiopathic  softening  of  the  spinal  cord  with 
molecular  deadening  of  the  nerve  centres.  "Spinal  anaemia 
from  exhausting  diseases,  such  as  diphtheria,  reflex  paraplegia, 
with  laming  pains  aggravated  by  rest,  but  most  manifest  on 
beginning  to  move  about."     (Arndt.) 

Natrum  phos. — Spinal  anaemia.  "  Paralytic  weakness  of 
the  lower  extremities,  with  general  prostration,  heaviness  and 
sensation  of  fatigue,  especially  after  a  short  walk,  or  ascend- 
ing steps,  legs  give  way,  so  as  to  be  unable  to  progress 
farther."     (Arndt.) 

Calcarea  phos. — Spinal  anaemia.  Spinal  curvature,  spinal 
weakness.     "  Cramplike  pain  in  the  neck,  pains  and  aches 


294  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

between  the  scapulae,  backache  and  pains  in  the  lumbar 
region,  curvature  of  spine  in  the  lumbar  region,  abscess  near 
the  lumbar  region,  tabes  mesenterica,  rachitis,  open  fonta- 
nelles,  flabby,  emaciated,  shrunken  children,  disposition  to  fur- 
uncles and  ulcers,  peevish  and  fretful  children,  worse  from 
bodily  exertion,  worse  in  the  open  air."  (Arndt.)  Inflam- 
mation proceeding  from  disease  of  the  bony  structure  of 
spine. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Spina  ventosa.     Spinal  ansemia. 

Silicea. — When  the  bony  structure  of  the  spine  is  affected, 
myelitis,  coccygodynia,  spondylitis.     Posterior  spinal  sclerosis. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Thos.  T.  McNish,  M.  D.,  Allegheny,  Pa.  in  American  Homceopathist, 
October  15,  '97.  Two  years  ago  I  was  consulted  by  a  farmer,  sixty  years 
old,  spare,  of  nervous  temperament,  about  a  dyspepsia  of  three  years'  stand- 
ing. It  was  an  aggravated  and  aggravating  case,  but  I  am  not  going  to  de- 
tail it  further  than  to  say  that  I  gave  Sepia,  30th  trituration,  and  this  single 
remedy  effected  a  perfect  cure. 

The  patient  then  informed  me  he  had  another  complaint  of  far  older  date, 
which  he  had  not  mentioned  before  because  he  believed  it  incurable,  but  the 
successful  treatment  of  his  dyspepsia  gave  him  hope  that  the  other  disorder 
might  be  cured.  The  history  of  the  case  was  briefly  this:  Nineteen  years 
before,  while  digging  a  well,  he  strained  his  back;  the  effects,  however,  soon 
passed  off  and  he  believed  himself  well,  when  he  was  suddenly  seized  with 
what  he  called  "a  cramp"  in  the  lower  dorsal  and  upper  lumbar  region, 
which  twisted  him  around  until  he  "  faced  to  the  rear."  The  spasm,  which 
was  very  painful,  was  repeated  several  times.  After  an  interval  of  some 
weeks  he  had  another  attack,  and  from  that  time  forward  the}'  increased  in 
frequency  until  he  had  one  or  more  daily.  His  general  health  did  not  seem 
to  suffer. 

He  received  treatment  from  many  physicians  (all  of  the  old  school)  with 
very  slight  benefit,  and  at  last  placed  himself  in  the  hands  of  a  specialist 
who  gave  him  electrical  massage  once  or  twice  a  week.  This  was  continued 
regularly  for  four  years,  during  which  time  the  attacks  decreased  in  fre- 
quency (but  not  in  intensity),  so  that  they  did  not  recur  oftener  than  once  a 
week,  and  occasionally  the  interval  was  two  weeks.  (I  neglected  to  say,  in 
the  proper  place,  that  the  patient  was  always  twisted  toward  the  right  side. 
There  was  very  slight  tenderness  over  the  first  lumbar  vertebra.) 

You  will  readily  understand  that  I  was  not  enamored  of  this  case,  and  in- 
deed hesitated  to  undertake  it,  but  the  insistence  of  the  patient  decided  me, 
and  after  two  weeks'  stud)'  and  reflection  I  prescribed  Mag.  p/ws.,  6x  tritura- 
tion, four  doses  daily.     This  was  continued  for  one  month. 

The  effect  of  the  medicine  was  remarkable.     From  the  time  of  taking  the 


SPINAL   IRRITATION.  295 

first  dose  the  spasms  ceased,  and  though  more  than  eighteen  months  have 
since  passed  they  have  never  returned. 

SPINAL  IRRITATION. 

Natrum  mur. — Easily  fatigued,  weakness  from  slightest 
exertion,  restlessness  of  limbs,  pain  in  back  and  sensitiveness 
of  spine.  Sleepless,  restless  and  weak.  Headache  on  walk- 
ing. Salty  taste  and  repugnance  to  food.  Vision  becomes 
dim  after  reading,  at  times  only  half  of  object  visible.  Natricm 
mur.,  in  its  first  effects,  stimulates  the  nervous  system,  caus- 
ing muscular  contractions  very  much  like  those  induced  by 
galvanism.  It  also  increases  the  red  corpuscles,  glandular 
secretions,  digestion,  etc.  It  is  from  this  stimulating  action 
that  salt  is  so  effective  when  applied  locally  with  friction  to 
weak  muscles,  etc.  Later,  however,  Natrum  mur.  exhausts 
the  nerves,  diminishes  glandular  activity,  and  develops 
asthenia  and  anaemia  with  emaciation.  The  skin  is  dry, 
barsh  and  sallow ;  mucous  membranes  are  dry,  cracked  and 
glazed,  with  smarting  and  rawness,  or  with  scanty,  corroding 
discharges.  Great  complaints  are  made  that  the  mouth  is 
dry,  when  in  reality  the  annoyance  arises  from  the  stickiness 
of  the  secretions ;  they  are  not  normally  fluid.  Now,  from 
this  atonic  effect  of  salt,  we  observe  spinal  neurasthenia. 
The  small  of  the  back  feels  paralyzed,  especially  in  the  morn- 
ing, on  arising.  Back  feels  as  if  broken.  Legs  weak,  trem- 
bling ;  worse  in  the  morning.  Feet  heavy  as  lead.  With  all 
this,  it  may  readily  occur  that  the  bladder  becomes  weak ; 
troublesome  dribbling  of  urine  after  a  normal  stool.  And  we 
may  admit  this  vesical  symptom  as  a  concomitant  of  spinal 
weakness,  even  though  the  prover  had  no  such  association, 
because  such  a  combination  is  quite  in  keeping  with  the 
genius  of  the  remedy.  We  ma)'  regard  both  spinal  and  cystic 
atony  as  a  part  of  a  general  tendency  in  salt  to  produce  ex. 
haustion,  hence  not  a  symptom  of  paralysis,  but  rather  of 
neurasthenia. 

Silicea. — Spinal  irritation  alternating  with  offensive  foot- 
sweat.     Spinal   irritation   of    children  depending  on  worms 


296  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

{Natr.  phos.),  markedly  aggravated  at  the  time  of  the  new 
moon.  Spinal  irritation  with  stiffness  of  nape  of  the  neck 
and  headache.  Weak  back  and  paralyzed  feeling  in  lower 
extremities.  Burning  in  back,  constant  aching  in  centre  of 
back.  Coccyx  painful.  Patient  is  very  sensitive  to  the  least 
noise,  has  rough  and  yellow  finger-nails,  icy-cold  feet  even  in 
bed.  Unhealthy  skin,  every  little  injury  suppurates.  Feels 
better  from  warmth  in  general. 

Kali  phos. — Neurasthenia,  especially  from  sexual  excess,, 
characterized  by  severe  spinal  irritation. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Backache  simulating  spinal  irritation,  with 
weak,  dragging,  down-bearing  pain.     Bowels  confined. 

SPERMATORRHEA. 

Natrum  phos. — Emissions  every  night,  sexual  desire  almost 
gone.  Semen  thin,  watery,  smells  like  stale  urine.  In  the 
provers  it  produced  seminal  emissions  every  night ;  at  first 
there  seemed  to  be  erethism  with  lascivious  dreams,  but  later 
emissions  took  place,  one  or  two  in  a  night,  without  any  sen- 
sation whatever.  These  were  followed  by  weakness  of  the 
back  and  trembling  of  the  knees,  which  felt  as  if  they  would 
give  way.     (Farrington.) 

Kali  phos. — Nervousness  growing  out  of  excessive  sexual 
excitement,  whether  indulged  or  suppressed.  Impotency  and 
nocturnal  or  other  discharges  with  these  nervous  indications. 
(Nottingham.)  Intense  sexual  desire.  Painful  emissions  at 
night.     Prostration  and  weak  vision  after  coitus. 

Natrum  mur. — Discharge  of  prostatic  juice.  Pollutions, 
followed  by  chilliness,  lassitude  and  increased  sexual  desire. 
Impotence. 

Silicea. — Sexual  erethism,  with  paralytic  disease.  Persist- 
ent sexual  thoughts  ;  often  nocturnal  emissions. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Constant  dribbling  of  seminal  and  pros- 
tatic fluid,  with  dwindling  of  the  testicles. 

SPINAL  MENINGITIS. 
Natrum  sulph. — Violent  pains  in  back  of  neck  and  head. 


SUNSTROKE.  297 

Drawing  back  of  the  neck  and  spasms  of  the  back,  together 
with  mental  irritability  and  delirium.  "  In  the  spinal  menin- 
gitis of  to-day,  if  all  the  remedies  in  the  Materia  Medica  were 
taken  away  from  me  and  I  were  to  have  but  one  with  which 
to  treat  that  disease,  I  would  take  Natrum  sulph.,  because  it 
will  modify  the  attack  and  save  life  in  the  majority  of  cases. 
It  cuts  short  the  disease  surprisingly  when  it  is  the  truly  in- 
dicated remedy.  The  violent  determination  of  blood  to  the 
head  that  we  find  in  the  disease,  clinically,  is  readily  relieved.'* 
(J.  T.  Kent.) 

SUNSTROKE. 

Natrum  mur. — The  pathological  conditions  of  this  affec- 
tion arise  from  sudden  abstraction  of  moisture  in  the  tissues 
at  the  base  of  the  brain  ;  Natrum  mur.  is  the  chief  remedy  in 
these  conditions.  Engorged  venous  sinuses  with  tendency  to 
extravasation  ;  temporary  cerebral  congestion. 

SYPHILIS. 

Ferrum  phos. — Bubo  with  heat,  throbbing  or  tenderness. 

Kali  mur. — Soft  chancre,  the  principal  remedy  throughout 
(3X  tr.)  and  also  externally  as  a  lotion  ;  chronic  stage  of  syphi- 
lis. In  bubo  for  the  soft  swelling.  Mucous  patches.  Syphi- 
litic ulceration  of  gums. 

Kali  phos. — Phagedenic  chancre  and  bubo. 

Kali  sulph. — Syphilis  with  the  characteristic  symptoms, 
evening  aggravation,  etc.     Chronic  syphilis. 

Natrum  mur. — Chronic  syphilis,  serous  exudations,  etc. 

Natrum  sulph. — Condylomata  of  anus,  syphilitic  in  origin, 
externally  and  internally. 

Silicea. — Chronic  syphilis  with  suppurations  or  indurations. 
Ulcerated  cutaneous  affections  where  mercury  has  been  given 
to  excess,  nodes  in  tertiary  syphilis  ;  caries  and  necrosis  with 
discharge  of  offensive  pus. 


298  THE   TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Calcarea    sulph. — In   bubo  to  control   suppuration   (with 
Silicea).     Chronic  suppurating  stage  of  syphilis. 
Calcarea  fluor. — Chancres  hard  and  indurated. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Chancroid  ulcers  surrounded  by  congested  areola,  grayish  exudation  cov- 
ering surface.  Deep  excavations,  wider  at  bottom,  painful  micturition. 
Kali  mur.6  every  three  hours.  Improvement  soon  set  in,  the  pain  on  urin- 
ating disappeared,  and  the  ulcers  rapidly  healed.      (F.  A.  Rockwith.) 

TESTICLES,  DISEASES  OF. 

Ferrum  phos. — First  stage  of  orchitis,  inflammatory  condi- 
tions, pain,  etc. 

Kali  mur. — Primary  remedy  if  from  suppressed  gonorrhoea. 
Hydrocele  in  little  boys. 

Calcarea  phos. — Orchitis,  hydrocele,  sometimes  after  Na- 
trum  mur. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Dropsy  of  the  testicles.  Indurations  of 
same. 

Natrum  mur. — CEdema  of  the  scrotum  and  prepuce  (also 
Natrum  stdph.).  Spermatic  cord  and  testicles  painfully  sore 
and  painful.  Aching  in  testicles.  Violent  itching  on  scrotum. 
L-oss  of  hair  from  pubes. 

TONGUE. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Coating,  yellow  at  base,  clay-colored. 
Flabby  ;  taste  sour,  soapy,  acrid.  Inflammation  of  the  tongue 
when  suppurating. 

Ferrum  phos. — Inflammation  of  the  tongue  with  dark-red 
swelling.     Cancer. 

Kali  mur. — For  the  swelling  in  glossitis.  Coating  white, 
dry,  grayish-white,  slimy. 

Kali  phos. — Inflammation  of  the  tongue  when  excessive 
dryness  occurs,  or  exhaustion.  Coating  like  stale,  brownish, 
liquid  mustard,  excessively  dry  in  the  morning,  as  if  it  would 
cleave  to  the  roof  of  the  mouth.     Brown  tongue.     Edges  of 


TONGUE.  299 

tongue  red  and  sore.     Tongue  excessively  dry  in  the  morn- 
ing. 

Kali  sulph. — Coating  yellow,  slimy,  sometimes  with 
whitish  edge.     Insipid,  pappy  taste. 

Calcarea  phos. — Swollen,  stiff,  numb,  white-furred,  pim- 
ply.    Cancer. 

Natrum  mur. — Coating  slimy,  clear  and  watery,  especially 
when  small  bubbles  of  frothy  saliva  cover  the  sides  and  tips. 
Ivoss  of  taste,  mapped  tongue.  Clean,  moist  tongue.  Tongue 
numb  and  stiff.  Children  slow  in  learning  to  talk.  Sensation 
of  a  hair  on  tongue.  Dryness  of  tongue  and  mouth,  more  a 
sensation. 

Natrum  phos. — Coating  at  the  base  moist,  creamy  or 
golden-yellow.  Blisters  and  sensation  of  hair  on  tip  of 
tongue.    Cancer. 

Natrum  sulph. — Coating  dirty  brownish-green  or  grayish- 
green.  Taste  bitter  and  sour.  Slimy  tongue,  burning  blis- 
ters on  tip.     Red  tongue. 

Silicea. — Induration  of  the  tongue,  hardening.  Inflamma- 
tion resulting  in  suppuration. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Cracked  appearance  of  the  tongue,  with  or 
without  pain.  Induration  of  the  tongue,  hardening  after  in- 
flammation. 

Magnesia  phos. — Yellow,  shiny  coating,  especially  with 
pain  in  bowels  and  pressure  in  stomach. 

Note. — The  coating  of  the  tongue  does  not  always  wholly 
influence  the  choice  of  a  remedy  in  all  affections  of  the 
tissues.  If  any  one,  suffering  from  a  chronic  catarrh  of  the 
stomach,  take  also  another  (acute)  disease,  the  coating  of  the 
tongue  will  not  always  have  that  peculiar  appearance  which 
will  indicate  the  remedy  suited  to  the  acute  disease.  If  any 
disease,  particularly  of  a  chronic  nature,  shows  itself  without 
decisive  symptoms,  then  the  coating  of  the  tongue  will,  in 
most  cases,  guide  in  the  choice  of  an  appropriate  remedy. 
(Schiissler.) 


300  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

TONSILLITIS. 

Ferrum  phos. — Tonsils  red  and  inflamed,  painful  on  swal- 
lowing.    This  remedy  at  first  alone. 

Kali  mur. — The  second  remedy,  as  soon  as  there  is  any 
swelling  of  the  throat.  Throat  spotted  white  or  gray. 
Chronic  or  acute  tonsillitis  with  much  swelling. 

Kali  phos. — Tonsils  large  and  sore,  with  white,  solid  de- 
posit on  them,  like  diphtheritic  membrane. 

Natrum  phos. — Catarrh  of  the  tonsils  with  a  golden-yellow 
tinged  exudation,  from  an  acid  condition  of  the  stomach. 
Chronic  swelling  of  the  tonsils. 

Calcarea  phos. — Chronic  swelling  of  the  tonsils,  causing 
pain  on  opening  mouth,  deafness  and  difficulty  of  swallowing; 
intercurrent.  Husky  voice.  "  In  spongy  hypertrophy  of  the 
tonsils  in  children,  in  the  2x  trituration  we  have  found  a 
faithful  and  protracted  use  of  the  drug  in  many  cases  to  pro- 
duce a  marked  diminution  in  the  size  of  the  tonsils."  (H.  C. 
French,  M.  D.) 

Calcarea  sulph. — Tonsillitis,  last  stage,  when  matter  dis- 
charges or  abscess  forms. 

Natrum  mur. — Uvulitis  ;  here  the  mucous  cells  are  the  seat 
of  the  disease.  Hence  not  Kali  mur.,  but  Natrum  mur.,  is  the 
remedy.  Chronic  enlargement  of  the  tonsils  has  been  cured 
by  the  remedy  in  the  30th  potency. 

Magnesia  phos. — Tonsillitis  worse  right  side.  Throat  very- 
red  and  puffy.  Patient  is  chilly  and  tired,  head  aches  and  is 
flushed. 

CLINICAL,  CASES. 

I  have  used  Natrum  mur.  repeatedly,  and  especially  in  obstinate  cases  of 
salivation,  with  excellent  results.  One  case  in  particular  was  cured  with 
remarkable  rapidity  by  this  remedy.  A  young  lady,  aet.  20,  who  suffered 
from  severe  inflammation  of  the  tonsils,  so  that  she  could  scarcely  swallow 
milk  or  water,  had  received  from  me  a  preparation  of  mercury.  The  inflam- 
mation of  the  tonsils  was  reduced  very  quickly,  but  another  evil  set  in — 
namely,  violent  salivation.  The  gums  were  loosened,  bleeding  easily  and 
standing  back  from  the  teeth,  and  the  teeth  were  slackened.  I  thought  of 
curing  this  affection  also  with  Mercur..  with  which  I  had  often  before  sue- 


TONSILLITIS.  301 

ceeded  in  such  cases,  but  by  continuing  this  remedy  the  evil  was  only  in- 
creased. Now  I  ascertained  from  the  patient  that  in  the  previous  summer 
she  had  been  ill  at  N.,  and  the  doctor  had  given  her  a  good  deal  of  calomel, 
which  caused  fearful  and  long-continued  salivation.  She  was  afraid  the  evil 
would  again  become  very  tedious,  as  it  had  been  so  bad  at  N.  I  now  stopped 
the  Mercury  and  ordered  Natrum  mur.,  a  dose  the  size  of  a  bean  every  two 
hours  The  success  surpassed  my  most  sanguine  expectations.  In  twenty- 
four  hours  the  swelling  of  the  glands  had  distinctly  diminished,  and  in  three 
days  a  complete  cure  was  effected.     (From  Schiissler. ) 

Enlarged  tonsils  with  partial  deafness,  by  R.  T.  Cooper,  M.  D.  J.  D.,  set. 
5,  a  thin,  delicate-looking  boy,  very  tall  for  his  age,  for  two  years  suffered 
from  partial  deafness,  which  has  much  increased  since  he  came  to  South- 
ampton, two  months  since.  His  mother  is  frightened,  fearing  he  is  becom- 
ing incurably  deaf.  At  first  he  would,  or  rather  could,  not  allow  me,  from 
the  excessive  pain  it  occasioned,  to  examine  his  throat  (he  was  then  suffer- 
ing from  an  exacerbation);  but  it  was  evident,  from  the  external  swelling 
and  the  history,  where  the  true  cause  of  the  dysecoia  lay.  The  tale  his 
mother  tells  is  that  he  was  vaccinated  when  three  years  old,  that  after  much 
constitutional  disturbance,  eruption  subsided,  leaving  the  tonsils  in  their 
present  swollen  condition.  Symptoms  are  worse  after  coming  in  from  open 
air  and  in  damp  weather.  Calcarea  phos.  had  an  immediate  beneficial  effect, 
so  that  in  three  days  throat  could  be  examined.  Both  tonsils  were  swollen 
and  red  and  formed  an  almost  complete  embankment  between  the  mouth 
and  throat.  In  three  weeks  hearing  was  quite  restored  and  swelling  sub- 
sided.— Monthly  Homoeopathic  Review,  September,  1867. 

Dr.  W.  had  a  severe  attack  of  tonsillitis,  involving  both  tonsils,  which 
were  very  much  enlarged,  causing  difficult  and  painful  deglutition.  Tem- 
perature, 102;  pulse,  130;  patient  exceedingly  nervous.  Gave  Ferrum  phos. 
6x,  and  Kali  phos.  6x,  in  alternation,  every  fifteen  minutes.  Saw  the  patient 
in  six  hours  and  all  symptoms  were  much  worse,  then  gave  Kali  mur.  6x 
instead  of  Kali  phos.,  continued  Ferrum.  The  next  morning  found  that 
the  patient  had  passed  a  hard  night.  Then  gave  Ferrum  phos.  i2x  and 
Kali  mur.  I2X.  In  six  hours  found  the  patient  very  much  improved,  less 
pain,  less  swelling,  temperature  100,  pulse  100;  continued  the  remedies,  and 
in  two  days  the  patient  was  out,  and  suppuration  did  not  take  place.  This 
was  as  truly  a  case  of  quinsy,  which  usually  goes  on  to  suppuration  and  runs 
a  seven  days'  course,  in  spite  of  all  we  can  do,  as  any  case  I  ever  saw.  The 
aggravation  caused  by  the  remedies  given  in  the  6th  potency  and  the  im- 
provement which  took  place  after  their  administration  in  the  I2x  were  in- 
teresting facts.  The  patient  remarked  that  he  could  feel  the  effects  of  the 
last  remedies  all  through  the  body,  quieting  and  soothing  the  nervous  irri- 
tability, immediately  after  every  dose.      (G.  H.  Martin,  M.  D. ) 

One  evening  a  gentleman  brought  to  my  office  his  son,  aged  8  or  10  years. 
As  he  stood  before  me,  I  noticed  that  he  labored  terribly  in  breathing,  and 
that  his  chest  was  bowed  out  like  a  chicken's.  I  looked  into  his  throat,  and 
found  both  tonsils  inflamed  and  so  much  enlarged  that  there  was  scarcely 
space  enough  between  them  to  insert  a  slip  of  writing  paper.  He  was 
slightly  feverish,  and  the  tongue  was  coated  white.  I  prepared  some  powders 


3<D2  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

of  Kali  mur.m  (B.  &  T.)  and  ordered  them  to  be  given  dry  every  half  hour 
for  three  hours,  and  then  every  hour  through  the  night.  The  next  morning, 
quite  early,  I  called  and  to  my  astonishment  found  him  sitting  up  in  bed 
quite  bright  and  breathing  naturally.  His  chest  had  assumed  a  more  normal 
form,  and  the  tonsils  were  considerably  diminished  in  size.  The  same 
remedy  was  continued  through  the  next  day,  and  the  next  morning  the 
little  fellow  met  me  in  the  parlor,  comparatively  well.     (E.  H.  H. ) 


TOOTHACHE. 

Ferrum  phos. — Toothache  with  hot  cheek,  inflamed  gum, 
or  root  of  tooth.  Worse  with  hot,  better  with  cold  liquids, 
gums  sore,  red  and  inflamed.  Great  soreness  of  teeth,  feel 
elongated.     Odontalgia. 

Kali  mur. — Toothache  with  swelling  of  the  gums  and 
cheeks,  to  carry  off  the  exuding  effete  albuminoid  substance. 

Kali  phos. — Toothache  of  highly  nervous  delicate  or  pale, 
irritable,  emotional  persons.  Toothache  with  easily  bleeding 
gums.  The  gums  have  a  bright  red  seam  or  line  on  them. 
Teeth  feel  sore  ;  grinding  of  teeth  ;  severe  pain  in  decayed  or 
filled  teeth. 

Kali  sulph. — Toothache  aggravated  in  the  warm  room  and 
in  the  evening,  but  is  better  in  the  cold  open  air. 

Magnesia  phos. — Toothache  if  hot  liquids  ease  the  pain  (if 
cold  eases  the  pain,  Ferrum  phos.).  Neuralgic,  rheumatic 
toothache,  very  intense  and  shooting,  eased  by  heat.  Pains 
relieved  by  pressure,  but  increased  by  slight  movement. 
Toothache  worse  after  going  to  bed  and  from  cold  washing 
and  cold  things  generally ;  in  filled  teeth.  Non-inflamma- 
tory toothache. 

Natrum  mur. — Toothache  with  involuntary  flow  of  tears, 
or  great  flow  of  saliva. 

Silicea. — Toothache  when  very  intense  at  night,  when 
neither  heat  nor  cold  gives  relief,  and  when  caused  by  chilling 
of  the  feet.  Toothache  when  the  pain  is  deep-seated  in  the 
periosteum  or  fibrous  membrane  covering  the  root  of  the 
tooth,  and  abscess  forms.  Toothache  caused  by  sudden  chill 
to  the  feet  when  damp  from  perspiration.  Looseness  of  the 
teeth. 


TUMORS.  303 

Calcarea  phos. — Too  rapid  decay  of  the  teeth,  strumous 
conditions.  Teething  ailments  during  pregnancy.  Teeth 
ache  worse  at  night. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Toothache  if  any  food  touches  the  tooth. 
Toothache  with  looseness  of  the  teeth ;  enamel  of  the  teeth 
rough  and  deficient,  unnatural  looseness  of  the  teeth. 
"  Where  the  use  of  Calcarea  fluor.  has  been  continued  for 
many  weeks,  I  have  observed  bad  effects  on  the  teeth,  suggest- 
ing its  possible  use  in  caries  of  the  teeth,  especially  in  chil- 
dren."    (R.  S.  Copeland.) 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Three  cases  of  odontalgia  were  relieved  in  a  few  hours  by  Ferr.  phos.  6x. 
The  symptoms  were:  Elongation  of  tooth,  great  soreness  of  tooth  to  pres- 
sure, continued  pain,  could  not  sleep,  no  swelling  of  face  or  gums,  not  re- 
lieved by  heat  or  cold. — N.  A.  J.,  1893,  p.  54. 

TUMORS. 

Kali  phos. — Cancer,  pain,  offensive  discharge  and  discolora- 
tion. 

Kali  sulph. — Epithelioma.  Cancer  on  the  skin  near  a  mu- 
cous lining,  with  discharge  of  thin,  yellow,  serous,  purulent 
secretions.  It  cured  an  epithelioma  for  Dr.  H.  S.  Phillips, 
of  Toledo,  Ohio,  situated  on  the  left  side  of  the  nose,  a  horny- 
like  scab  with  a  dark  swollen  inflamed  areola.  It  had  lasted 
over  six  months. 

Natrum  mur. — Ranula. 

Ferrum  phos. — An  excellent  alternate  remedy  for  excessive 
pain  in  cancer.  Cancer  of  tongue  has  been  benefited  by  it. 
Nsevus. 

Calcarea  phos. — Cancer  in  scrofulous  constitutions.  House- 
maid's knee.  Acute  or  chronic  cysts  require  this  remedy. 
Broncholcele,  goitre,  cysts.     Bursae. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Serous  swellings,  cystic  tumors.  Exces- 
sive granulations  and  suppurations. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Blood-tumors  on  the  heads  of  newborn  in- 
fants.    Knots,  kernels,  hardened  glands  in  the  female  breast. 


304  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Tumors  of  the  eyelids.  Enlarged  meibomian  glands.  Swell- 
ing on  the  jawbone,  which  is  hard.  Ganglion,  round  swelling 
of  encysted  tumors,  such  as  are  found  on  the  back  of  the  wrist 
from  strain  of  the  elastic  fibres.  Hard  swellings  having  their 
seat  in  the  fasciae,  capsular  ligaments  or  on  tendons.  Indur- 
ated lumps  in  csecal  region. 

Silicea. — Enlarged  glands.  Chronic  enlargement  of  lym- 
phatic glands.  Swellings,  lumps,  tumors,  etc.,  which  are  in- 
durated, but  threaten  to  suppurate.  Scirrhous  induration  of 
upper  lip  and  face.  Uterine  cancer.  Icy  coldness  and  fetid, 
brownish,  purulent,  ichorous  leucorrhcea. 

Natrum  phos. — Has  proved  of  use  in  cancer  of  tongue. 
Goitre  when  there  is  an  acid  condition  producing  it. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Calcarea  FLUORiCA. — A  maiden  lady  of  60  came  to  consult  me  on  the  13th 
of  October,  1883,  telling  me  she  had  a  shiny  swelling  on  her  left  index  finger 
which  had  been  there  for  about  18  months.  The  lump  was  hard  and  painful, 
and  of  about  the  size  of  a  small  split  walnut,  but  rather  flatter,  patient  ner- 
vous and  depressed.  Improvement  set  in  at  once  and  in  two  and  one-half 
months  was  entirely  well.     (J.  Compton  Burnett.) 

Calcarea  phosphorica. — An  infant,  a  fortnight  old,  was  brought  to  me. 
Immediately  after  birth  a  swelling  was  noticed  on  its  head,  which  had  con- 
tinued to  grow  larger.  It  was  situated  on  the  left  tuberosity  of  the  parietal 
bone,  was  about  7  em.  in  diameter,  and  its  height  was  about  3  em.  It  felt 
doughy,  not  fluctuating.  Careful  examination  showed  that  the  parietal 
bone  was  defective  below  it.  From  this  the  tumor  issued.  It  was  evidently 
a  meningocele  of  moderate  size.  Prognosis  wyas  doubtful.  There  were  no 
signs  of  pressure  on  the  brain,  and  the  child,  with  the  exception  of  double 
inguinal  hernia,  was  healthy.  I  prescribed  Calc.  phos.  6th  trit.  three  times 
a  day.  After  taking  this  medicine  three  days  the  tumor  was  evidently 
smaller  and  in  10  days  it  was  quite  gone.  The  hole  in  the  bone  gradually 
filled  up,  and  at  the  end  of  three  and  a  half  weeks  was  completely  closed. 
(Frohling,  A.  h.  Z.,  cxxxii.  65.) 

Sanguineous  cyst  on  the  right  side  of  the  occipital  bone,  with  open  pos- 
terior fontanelle.  Calcarea  phos.  2c.  cured. — Raue,  Record  Homoeopathic 
Literature,  1873. 

Case  of  polypus  of  left  nostril  cured  by  Calcarea  phos. — Beebe,  Trans. 
American  Institute,  1886. 

Dr.  Orth  relates:  Elizabeth  F.,  a  widow,  aet.  70,  consulted  me  on  April 
5th,  on  account  of  an  epithelioma  seated  on  the  right  cheek,  reaching  from 
the  lower  eyelid  to  the  nostril.  It  was  almost  circular,  and  about  the  size 
of  a  florin.  The  epithelioma  had  existed  for  some  years,  and  was  at  the 
stage  of  forming  an  ulcer,  with  hard  base,  and  callous  edges.     I  ordered 


TUMORS.  305 

Kali  sulph.,  a  powder  every  evening,  and  lint  saturated  with  a  lotion 
made  of  Kali  sulph.  for  external  application,  to  be  changed  frequently.  On 
May  6th  I  noticed  that  the  ulcer  had  visibly  diminished,  and  on  May  23d 
the  ulcer  had  cicatrized  to  the  size  of  a  six-penny  piece.  A  few  days  later 
the  lady  left  to  return  home,  and  I  regret  I  have  not  heard  from  her  since. 
(From  Schiissler. ) 

Dr.  Spiethoff,  of  Lubeck,  relates  a  prompt  effect  from  Calcar .  fluor  .*  and 
Silicea.  The  patient  was  afflicted  with  a  large  sarcoma  on  the  superior 
maxilla,  giving  the  froglike  appearance  to  the  face.  For  eight  months, 
old-school  physicians  had  tried  to  establish  suppuration,  but  failed,  except 
to  produce  several  fistulous  openings,  discharging  a  fetid,  almost  clear 
fluid.  Without  much  hope  of  producing  suppuration,  Silicea6  was  given. 
No  change  occurred  for  two  weeks,  except  the  appearance  of  two  protuber- 
ances in  the  median  line  of  the  tumor.  Calc.  fluor.6  was  now  given,  and 
the  next  day  a  profuse  suppuration  began,  greatly  ameliorating  the  case. 
The  prompt  action  of  the  remedies  was  very  striking. 

Dr.  C.  H.  Thompson,  of  Santa  Rosa,  furnishes  us  a  case  of  neuralgic  node 
in  the  mammary  gland,  resembling  scirrhus,  eutirely  cured  by  Calcarea 
fluor. 

William  W.,  a  factory  worker,  came  to  me  on  September  the  4th.  He 
suffered  from  epithelioma,  which  was  situated  on  the  right  side  of  the  nose, 
almost  immediately  below  the  corner  of  the  eye,  and  about  the  size  of  a 
two-shilling  piece.  The  eye  itself  seemed  to  be  sympathetically  affected, 
perhaps  through  the  irritation  of  the  discharge,  which  might  have  found  its 
way  into  the  eye  from  the  edge  of  the  eyelid,  which,  however,  was  not 
greatly  destroyed.  Be  that  as  it  may,  there  were  conjunctivitis  palpe- 
brarum and  bulbi,  with  dulness  of  the  cornea.  The  ulcer  at  the  side  of  the 
nose  had  existed  for  four  years.  At  first  there  was  a  slightly  red  spot, 
which  was  a  little  raised  and  swollen.  Later  on  it  became  covered  with  a 
horny  scab,  which  after  a  time  fell  off  and  left  a  little  sore.  This  spread 
slowly  but  steadily.  The  patient  had,  during  the  whole  time  of  its  exist- 
ence, consulted  a  great  number  of  doctors.  He  had  also  been  treated  for 
two  months  by  a  specialist  for  the  eye,  after  it  had  become  implicated;  but 
all  without  effect.  Kali  sulph.  was  now  given  him,  a  dose  night  and  morn- 
ing; and  externally  a  lotion  of  Kali  sulph.  was  used.  After  only  a  few  days 
the  inflammation  disappeared.  The  ulcer  began  also  to  heal  under  the 
steady  treatment.  By  the  8th  of  October  the  sore  had  cicatrized  so  that 
only  a  speck  was  left,  when  the  patient  was  able  to  resume  work  again  on 
the  9th  of  October.     (From  Schiissler. ) 

A  hard  swelling  under  the  chin,  about  the  size  of  a  pigeon's  egg,  disap- 
peared completely  in  about  four  weeks  under  the  use  of  Calcarea  fluor. 
Both  old  and  new  school  medicines  had  failed  to  cure.  (Dr.  F.  From 
Schiissler. ) 

Dr.  Fuchs,  of  Regensburg,  reports:  In  August,  1875,  I  cured  a  lady,  aet. 
40,  who  had  suffered  for  a  considerable  time  from  an  effusion  in  bursa  of  the 
knee-cap.  Twelve  doses  of  Calcarea  phos.,  two  doses  per  diem,  accord- 
ing to  Dr.  Schiissler,  removed  this  chronic  condition  of  housemaid's  knee. 
(From  Schiissler.) 
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306  the  twelve  tissue  remedies. 

Nasal  Polypi. — Mrs.  R.  had  nasal  polypi  in  both  nostrils,  large,  gray 
and  bleeding  easily.  Calcarea  p/iosso,  a  powder  every  morning  for  a  week. 
The  third  week  reported  entirely  free.  The  larger  ones  came  away  entirely; 
the  smaller  ones  were  absorbed.     ( J.  G.  Gilchrist. ) 

Multiple;  Cheloid,  which  appeared  after  the  excision  of  a  tumor,  in  the 
scar.  It  was  excised  at  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital,  but  rapidly  returned 
and  increased  in  size,  till  the  patient,  a  girl,  was  put  on  Silicea3,  night  and 
morning.  The  gradual  disappearance  of  the  growth  under  this  treatment 
was  one  of  the  prettiest  things  I  have  ever  seen  in  medicine. — John  H. 
Clarke,  in  Homoeopathic  World,  August,  1885. 

Strumous  Dactylitis. — At  the  London  Homoeopathic  Hospital,  Gerard 
Smith  exhibited  a  child,  aged  four  years,  who  had  injured  his  index  finger 
two  years  previously.  This  set  up  primarily  periostitis  and  abscess,  but  with- 
out symptoms  of  necrosis,  and  on  probing  no  sequestrum  was  found.  The 
swelling  of  the  finger  increased  during  six  months  until  the  bone  was  almost 
globular.  At  the  end  of  this  period,  under  a  prolonged  course  of  Silicea, 
the  bone  became  much  smaller.  At  the  end  of  a  second  six  months,  an 
abscess  again  formed,  was  opened,  and  a  probe  passed  into  a  soft  mass.  The 
finger  again  greatly  improved,  and  became  smaller  under  a  course  of  Hepar 
and  Silicea.  Byres  Moir  and  Epps  had  both  frequently  had  similar  cases 
of  strumous  dactylitis,  in  which  complete  recovery  had  taken  place  under 
Silicea,  Calcarea  and  Calc.fluor. 

"Calcarea  fluorica  in  lumps  and  chronic  hard  swellings  in  the  female 
breasts." 

I  know  whereof  I  speak  when  I  state  that  these  swellings  can  be  easily 
handled  with  this  remedy. 

Mrs.  C,  age  52,  came  to  me  badly  alarmed  because  a  leading  surgeon  had 
said  that  she  had  a  cancer  of  the  breast,  and  must  have  it  cut  out  immediately. 
After  a  careful  examination  of  the  breast,  and  taking  her  history,  I  said  to 
her,  I  believe  I  could  remove  the  hard  lump  with  medicine.  After  a  few 
moments  thought  she  said,  "  Go  to  work  on  it."  I  made  a  4  oz.  solution  of 
the  remedy  by  putting  4  oz.  of  the  3X  tablets  into  4  oz.  of  soft  water,  and 
told  her  to  keep  the  swelling  wet  most  of  the  time  with  it,  which  she  did. 
Internally  I  gave  her  3  cones  of  the  3X  every  three  hours,  and  had  her  report 
in  one  week.  The  one  week's  treatment  had  reduced  the  lump  one-fourth, 
and  she  now  fully  believes  that  she  is  going  to  recover,  which  she  did  in  six 
weeks'  treatment. 

Case  2. — A  lady  friend  of  the  above,  42  years  of  age,  presented  herself  for 
treatment  for  a  hard  lump  that  had  been  growing  in  her  right  breast  for 
three  or  four  years.  It  was  painful,  and  she  was  unable  to  use  her  arm  for 
any  length  of  time  without  the  whole  organ  becoming  sensitive  and  painful 
so  as  to  prevent  her  from  sleeping.  She  was  a  dyspeptic,  and  after  correct- 
ing this  trouble  she  received  the  same  treatment  as  the  above,  and  fully 
recovered  in  three  months. 

This  remedy  has  never  failed  me  in  hard  swelling  of  the  jaw  caused  by 
toothache  or  injury,  and  for  chaps  and  cracks  of  the  lips.  I  used  it  in  one 
case  of  rapid  decay  of  the  teeth,  where  the  enamel  scaled  off,  and  obtained 
very  good  results.     (O.  A.  Palmer,  M.  D.) 


TYPHOID    FEVER.  307 

TYPHOID  FEVER. 

Ferrum  phos. — Typhoid  or  gastric  fever  when  commenc- 
ing ;  initiatory  stage  for  chilliness.  Typhoid,  with  extreme 
prostration  ;  frequent  hemorrhage,  indicating  disorganization 
of  the  blood. 

Kali  mur. — Typhoid  or  gastric  fevers,  for  gray  or  white- 
coated  tongue  and  looseness  of  the  bowels,  with  light-yellow, 
ochre-colored  stools  or  flocculent  evacuations,  and  for  abdomi- 
nal tenderness  and  swelling. 

Kali  phos. — Typhoid  or  malignant  symptoms,  when  affect- 
ing the  brain,  causing  stupor  during  the  course  of  the  disease, 
or  with  symptoms  of  putrid  blood.  Debility,  weak  action  of 
'the  heart,  sleeplessness,  offensive  breath,  putrid  odor  of  stools, 
stupor.  Sordes  on  the  teeth.  An  excellent  remedy  in  ex- 
treme vitiation  of  the  blood,  when  the  system  seems  full  of 
typhoid  poison  and  the  disease  is  not  located  in  any  single 
organ.  Offensiveness  of  discharges  is  a  very  marked  symp- 
tom for  Kali  phos. 

Kali  sulph. — Typhoid  or  gastric  fever,  with  a  rise  of  tem- 
perature at  night  and  a  fall  in  the  morning. 

Watrum  mur. — Typhoid  or  malignant  conditions  during 
the  course  of  any  fever,  such  as  twitchings  with  great  drowsi- 
ness, watery  vomiting,  sopor,  parched  tongue,  etc. 

Calcarea  phos. — After  typhoid  or  gastric  fevers  as  the  dis- 
ease declines. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Typhoid  fever  in  young  gentleman  with  a  very  active  brain;  a  prominent 
symptom  was  that  he  became  very  hysterical,  would  cry  like  a  child  and 
sob  whenever  he  became  nervous.  Ignatia,  Hyos.,  Stram.  and  Coffea,  all 
failed  to  relieve.  Kali  phos.  cured  this  symptom,  and  he  received  no  other 
remedy  throughout  the  fever.  After  the  patient  got  up,  the  remedy  seemed 
to  act  as  a  tonic.      (Monroe. ) 

The  following  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  A.  P.  Davis,  of  Dallas,  Texas,  appeared 
in  the  Southern  Journal  of  Homoeopathy,  and  is  of  interest,  since  it  illus- 
trates the  value  of  these  remedies  in  this  disease: 

"The  most  rational  course  to  pursue  is  to  supply  deficiencies,  and  to  assist 
nature  remove  excesses.  There  is  depression,  perceptible  in  all  cases  of 
typhoid  fever;  and  as  this  depression  is  the  result  of  molecular  change,  the 


308  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

molecules  of  several  elements  must  receive  our  special  attention.  Whether 
this  molecular  change  can  be  brought  about  by  the  use  of  Baptis.,  Rhus 
tox.,  Bryon.,  Phos.  ac,  China,  Cimicif.,  Ferrum  phos.,  Natrum  mur.  or 
Natrum  phos.,  or  what  not,  is  the  question  that  demands  special  attention. 
Some  have  claimed  success  by  the  use  of  Baptis.  tinct.,  others  by  Rhus  tox., 
as  their  sheet  anchor,  giving  incidental  treatment  as  they  thought  symptoms 
called  for,  and  some  success  has  followed  this  method  of  procedure.  It  is  a 
conceded  fact  that  the  inflammation  in  the  glands  of  Brunner  and  Peyer 
keep  up  the  fever,  and  the  reined}7  that  cures  these  glands  cuts  short  the 
disease,  and  the  remedies  that  I  have  found  to  do  this  most  certainly  are 
Ferrum  phos.  and  Kali  mur.,  given  in  alternation  every  hour  during  fever, 
where  there  is  a  white  or  grayish  coating  on  the  tongue.  The  Ferrum  is 
the  best  fever  remedy,  and  the  Kali  mur.  the  best  eliminator  in  such  condi- 
tions. If  the  tongue  should  become  brown,  give  Kali  phos.,  and  especially 
in  those  cases  where  the  patient  is  delirious  or  nervous,  and  in  the  more 
malignant  form  of  the  disease.  If  the  tongne  assumes  a  yellow,  shiny  coat- 
ing, then  resort  to  Magnesia  phos.,  and  especially  when  there  are  pain  in 
the  bowels  and  a  sensation  of  pressure  in  the  stomach.  If  the  tongue  has  a 
golden-yellow  coating,  creamy,  moist,  give  Natrum  phos.  Should  the 
tongue  have  a  dirty  brownish-green  coating,  give  Natrum  sulph.  These 
remedies  are  especially  indicated  in  this  condition  of  the  tongue.  Last  of 
all,  when  the  patient  begins  to  convalesce,  finish  up  the  treatment  with  Cal- 
carea phos.,  as  a  connective  tissue  and  blood-cell  constituent  is  needed.  In 
all  cases  where  these  tissue  remedies  have  been  used  by  me,  they  have  proved 
abundantly  sufficient,  and  will  cure,  if  given  as  indicated.  They  supply  the 
inorganic  elements  that  are  disturbed  or  lacking  in  all  diseased  states,  and  if 
a  strict  observance  is  had  in  their  selection,  the  physician  will  certainly  cure 
any  diseases  that  can  be  cured  at  all.  I  usually  give  them  the  4x  to  6x 
potency,  and  while  many  may  consider  me  dogmatic  in  the  use  of  these 
remedies,  I  can  see  no  reason  as  yet  to  change  off  into  the  intricate  mazes  of 
supposed  pathogenetic  provings  of  polypharmacy.  While  I  still  use  many 
polychrests,  I  lend  a  decided  preference  to  the  proper  use  of  the  Tissue 
Remedies  where  indicated." 

Miss  Nettie  W.,  set.  23.  Was  called  in  consultation,  found  the  patient 
apparently  in  last  stage  of  the  disease,  with  the  symptoms  usual  in  such 
cases.  As  other  remedies  had  been  tried  and  she  seemed  sinking,  I  advised 
Kali  phos.6,  in  solution.  Under  the  use  of  this  remedy  she  rallied,  and  it 
was  continued  some  days,  with  the  result  that  she  ultimately  recovered. 

Another  similar  case  was  given  the  same  remedy  when  others  seemed  of 
no  avail,  with  the  same  good  result  of  producing  a  change  for  the  better 
within  a  few  hours,  followed  by  recovery.     (C.  T.  M.) 

TYPHUS  FEVER. 

Ferrum  phos. — The  first  stage  in  alternation  with  Kali 
phos. 

Kali  mur. — For  constipation,  stools  light-colored. 


TYPHLITIS.  309 

Kali  phos. — Malignant  fever,  putrid  fever,  camp  fever,  ner- 
vous or  brain  fever,  farm  fever.  The  chief  remedy  for  brown 
tongne,  petechiae,  sleeplessness,  abnormal  brain  function, 
stupor,  delirium. 

Natrum  mur. — Typhus  fever  when  the  stupor  and  sleep- 
lessness are  very  great. 

Natrum  phos. — Golden-yellow  coating  of  tongue  ;  creamy, 
moist. 

TYPHLITIS. 

Ferrum  phos. — Fever,  inflammation,  high  temperature  and 
pulse,  also  for  the  pain. 

Kali  mur. — Swelling  and  exudation,  hardness,  etc. 

Kali  sulph. — To  aid  the  absorption  of  any  secretions  and  to 
lessen  tendency  to  inflammatory  conditions  in  abdomen;  colicky 
pains  from  the  excessive  secretions  which  are  not  carried  off 
and  keep  filling  up  around  the  appendix.   (F.  D.  B.) 

Silicea. — Formation  of  pus,  abscess,  etc. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Relieves  the  pain  in  right  side  of  pelvis, 
tends  to  counteract  and  cure  the  ulceration  if  any  in  the  in- 
testines and  prevents  disintegration  of  those  tissues,  tones  up 
the  weakness,  removes  distention,  etc.  (F.  D.  B.)  Abscess, 
yellow,  sanious  matter. 

Natrum  sulph. — Flatulent  colic,  beginning  in  the  region 
of  the  right  groin,  a  characteristic  symptom.  Tenderness  and 
distention  with  tendency  to  perforation.  Torpidity  of  bowels 
and  general  bilious  conditions  sometimes  superinduce  or  pre- 
dispose to  this  trouble.  (F.  D.  Bittinger,  M.  D.)  "  Dull  pain 
in  right  ileo-caecal  region.  Shifting  flatus.  Tenderness  to 
pressure  and  coated  tongue."  (J.  W.  Ward,  M.  D.)  Vomiting, 
which  is  persistent. 

CLINICAL  CASES 

The  following  case,  furnished  by  Dr.  I.  E.  Nicholson,  of  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia, is  so  beautifully  illustrative  of  the  action  of  these  remedies  in  typh- 
litis, that  it  is  reported  in  full  as  furnished  by  the  Doctor: 

"I  was  called  on  the  morning  of  April  14th,  1887,  to  attend  to  Mr.  E.  K., 


310  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

a  young  man,  set.  22,  with  hereditary  tendency  to  phthisis  pulmonalis,  who 
resides  in  Connecticut,  and  was  sojourning  in  our  city  for  the  benefit  of  his 
health,  and  found  him  suffering  with  agonizing  pain  in  the  right  iliac  region. 
He  had  been  attacked  suddenly  at  2  o'clock  a.  m.  with  this  pain,  and  had 
vomited  several  times  before  I  saw  him.  Upon  examination  I  found  a  tumor 
in  the  right  iliac  fossa,  so  tender  to  the  touch  that  he  could  not  bear  even 
the  weight  of  the  bed  clothing.  His  bowels  had  moved  twice  within  a  few 
hours.  I  learned  that  he  had  eaten  of  a  mince  pie  at  dinner  the  day  before, 
and  had  passed  a  quantity  of  currant  seeds  in  one  of  his  movements.  There 
could  be  no  doubt  as  to  the  diagnosis— typhlitis — and  that  a  currant  seed 
was  the  casus  mali.  His  temperature  was  103  F.,  and  pulse  120.  For  sev- 
eral inches  around  the  tumor  the  belly  was  as  hard  as  a  rock,  showing  a 
great  amount  of  infiltration.  I  at  once  gave  him  Ferrum  phos.  and  Kali  mur. 
(6x  trit. )  to  be  taken  every  half  hour  in  alternation,  day  and  night;  poultices 
of  flaxseed  were  kept  constantly  applied,  as  hot  as  could  be  borne,  to  alle- 
viate the  pain.  At  the  end  of  thirty -six  hours  his  temperature  had  fallen 
to  100  F.,  and  pulse  to  90.  This  treatment  was  continued  without  intermis- 
sion, and  the  inflammatory  symptom  steadily  improved  and  the  size  of  the 
tumor  gradually  lessened.  At  the  end  of  a  week  the  temperature  and  pulse 
became  normal,  the  tumor  had  entirely  disappeared,  the  belly  was  soft  and 
a  mere  trace  of  the  tenderness  remained.  He  took  no  other  medicines. 
The  result  in  this  case  is,  I  think,  phenomenal,  since  in  this  class  of  cases 
the  prognosis  is  always  unfavorable,  and  the  credit  of  the  case  can  be  clearly 
given  to  the  Iron  and  the  Potash,  the  one  removing  the  inflammation,  the 
other  causing  the  absorption  of  the  infiltration,  thus  bringing  about  reso- 
lution and  aborting  perityphlitis  and  the  consequent  suppuration.  Dr. 
Burdick,  of  Oakland,  and  Dr.  Brigham,  of  San  Francisco,  were  both  called 
in  consultation,  and  both  agreed  with  me  as  to  the  disease,  and  both  ac- 
quiesced in  the  treatment.  We  have  no  medicine  which  is  the  peer  of 
Ferrum  phos.  as  a  fever  remedy,  whether  idiopathic  or  symptomatic,  and 
none  better  than  Kali  mur.  to  cause  the  absorption  of  infiltrations." 

Calcarea  fliwr.  3X  rapidly   absorbed  an  indurated  and  sensitive  tumor, 
extending  from  the  caecum  to  the  lower  border  of  the  liver 


ULCERS  AND  ULCERATIONS. 

Ferrum  phos. — Ulcerations  of  glands,  to  relieve  the  throb- 
bing pain,  soreness,  redness,  heat  and  congested  condition. 
Ulcers  if  there  be  fever,  or  heat,  or  redness  and  congestion. 

Kali  mur. — Ulcers  with  fibrinous  discharge.  Ulceration  of 
the  os  and  cervix  uteri,  with  thick,  white,  mild  secretions  ;  all 
ulcerations  where  there  is  swelling  or  a  dirty-white  tongue,  or 
a  mealy,  flour-like  scaly  surface,  or  a  fibrinous  discharge;  proud 
flesh,  exuberant  granulations.  Ulceration  of  cornea.  (See 
Bye,  Diseases  of.) 


ULCERS   AND   ULCERATIONS.  311 

Kali  sulph. — Tuberculous  ulcers,  with  a  continuous  oozing 
of  yellowish  pus  and  lymph,  will  often  yield  to  this  remedy. 

Natrum  phos. — Ulceration  of  the  stomach  or  bowels. 
Syphilitic  ulcers,  yellow  coating  having  appearance  of  half- 
dried  cream. 

Silicea. — Ulcers  of  the  lower  limbs  when  deep-seated  and 
the  periosteum  is  affected.  Silicea  has  ulcers  that  are  spongy, 
readily  bleeding,  with  torpid,  callous  edges,  fistulous  ulcers, 
secreting  a  thin,  fetid,  ichorous,  yellow  fluid.  Sluggish  ulcers, 
in  hard-worked  and  ill-fed  people.  Ulceration  following  abra- 
sion of  the  skin  over  the  shin-bone.  Use  also  locally,  or  in- 
fusion of  hay,  which  contains  Silicea.  Suppurative  processes, 
massive  and  repeated  doses  in  scrofulous,  glandular  swellings 
with  suppuration. 

Calcarea  phos. — Ulceration  of  bone  substance,  as  an  inter- 
current. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Ulceration  of  the  glands.  Ulcers  open. 
Purulent  sores  which  may  result  from  abrasions,  pimples, 
wounds,  burns,  scalds  or  bruises.  Ulcers  of  the  lower  limbs, 
with  a  discharge  of  yellow,  sanious  matter. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Ulcerations  of  bones.     Varicose  ulcers. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

A  girl  came  into  my  office,  who  had  sores  on  both  legs,  running  a  thin, 
ichorous  secretion,  red,  angry  and  painful,  which  had  been  bothering  her 
for  four  years,  breaking  out,  then  scabbing  over,  partially  healing,  then 
taking  on  inflammation,  so  that  sleep  was  disturbed;  locomotion  produced 
severe  pains,  in  fact,  the  sores  were  seemingly  very  severe.  I  at  once  gave 
her  Silicea  6x  and  Calcarea  phos.  6x,  three  doses  each  per  day,  bound  up 
the  limbs  with  flannel  roller  bandage,  and  in  four  weeks  all  the  sores 
were  healed  up  and  the  patient  well,  cheerful  and  happy.  (A.  P.  Davis, 
M.  D. ) 

A.  S.,  set.  16,  for  three  years  had  indolent  ulcers  on  lower  half  of  left  leg, 
which  is  red,  very  much  swollen.  Three  fistulous  ulcers  secreting  a  thick, 
yellow  pus  and  which  have  thrown  off  many  splinters  of  bone.  Pains  prin- 
cipally at  night.  Emaciation,  poor  appetite.  Frequent  cough  in  morning, 
with  thick,  yellow  expectoration,  and  considerable  weakness  in  morning. 
Lungs  normal.  Calcarea  fluor.  6x,  morning  and  evening,  for  eight  days, 
alternating  with  intervals  of  four  days  without  medicine.  Cured  in  five 
months.  Externally  only  glycerine.  No  enlargement  of  the  limb  was 
noticeable  after  six  months.     (Dr.  Hansen,  Allg.  Med.  Zeit.) 


312  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

In  treating  a  chronic  syphilitic  ulcer,  I  observed  a  yellow  coating  on  the 
surface  of  the  ulcer,  which  had  the  appearance  of  half-dried  cream.  After 
Natrum  phos.  the  coating  disappeared  within  four  days  and  the  patient  was 
otherwise  much  improved.     (C.  Hg. ) 

URINARY  DISORDERS. 

Ferrum  phos. — Incontinence  of  urine,  if  from  weakness  of 
the  sphincter  muscle.  Wetting  of  the  bed,  especially  in  chil- 
dren. Enuresis  nocturna,  from  weakness  of  the  muscles,  often 
seen  in  women,  when  every  cough  causes  the  urine  to  spurt. 
Cystitis,  first  stage,  with  pain,  heat  or  feverishness.  Suppres- 
sion of  the  urine  with  heat.  Excessive  secretion  of  urine. 
Polyuria  simplex.  "  Irresistible  urging  to  urinate  in  the  day- 
time, aggravated  by  standing  and  accompanied  by  pain  along 
the  urethra  and  neck  of  the  bladder.  Retention  of  urine  with 
fever  in  little  children,  as  well  as  involuntary  spurting  of 
urine  with  every  cough."  (M.  Deschere,  M.  D.)  Some  va- 
rieties of  red  wine  will  cure  nocturnal  enuresis  in  children, 
owing  to  the  iron  contained  therein.  Dose  night  and  morning. 
Diurnal  enuresis  depending  on  irritation  of  neck  of  the  blad- 
der and  end  of  penis. 

Kali  mur. — Cystitis,  second  stage,  when  swelling  has  set  in 
(interstitial  exudation),  and  discharge  of  thick,  white  mucus. 
The  principal  remedy  in  chronic  cystitis.  Urine  dark-colored, 
deposit  of  iiric  acid,  where  there  exist  torpor  and  inactivity  of 
the  liver. 

Kali  phos. — Cystitis  in  asthenic  conditions  with  prostration. 
Frequent  urination,  or  passing  large  quantities  of  water.  Fre- 
quent scalding ;  nervous  weakness.  Incontinence  of  urine 
from  nervous  debility,  bleeding  from  the  urethra.  Paralysis, 
affecting  the  sphincter  muscle,  causing  inability  to  retain  the 
urine.  Enuresis  in  older  children.  Urine  quite  yellow. 
Itching  in  urethra.     Cutting  pain  in  bladder  and  urethra. 

Magnesia  phos. — Constant  urging  to  urinate  whenever  the 
person  is  standing  or  walking.  Spasmodic  retention  of  the 
urine.  Gravel.  Pain  after  the  use  of  the  catheter,  a  sensa- 
tion as  if  the  muscles  did  not  contract.  Child  passes  large 
quantities  of  urine. 


URINARY    DISORDERS.  313 

Natrum  phos. — Incontinence  of  urine  in  children  with 
acidity.  Polyuria.  Urine  dark-red,  with  arthritis.  Fre- 
quent micturition.  Diabetes.  Atony  of  the  bladder.  Gravel. 
Schiissler  in  his  last  edition  claims  that  this  is  the  chief 
remedy  in  catarrh  of  the  bladder. 

Natrum  sulph. — Sandy  deposit  or  sediment  in  the  urine, 
gravel,  lithic  deposits,  brickdust-like  coloring  matter  in  the 
water,  associated  with  gout.  Polyuria  simplex,  excessive 
secretion  if  diabetic.  Urine  loaded  with  bile.  Wetting  of 
the  bed  at  night,  or  retention  of  urine. 

Silicea.— Urine  loaded  with  pus  and  mucus.  Red  sandy 
deposit  of  uric  acid.  Enuresis  from  worms  and  in  chorea. 
Must  get  up  at  night  to  urinate. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Inflammation  of  the  bladder,  in  chronic 
stage,  pus  forming.  Red  urine  with  hectic  fever.  Nephritis 
scarlatinosa.     (S.  Lilienthal.) 

Calcarea  phos. — Urine  copious.  Enuresis,  wetting  the  bed 
in  young  children  and  in  old  people,  as  an  intercurrent  after 
Natrutn  sulph.  For  gravel,  calculous,  phosphatic  deposit. 
To  check  the  reformation  of  stone  in  the  bladder,  also  butter- 
milk or  koumiss  as  a  dietary  help.  Flocculent  sediment  in 
urine. 

Natrum  mur. — Polyuria,  with  much  emaciation ;  hsema- 
turia  after  scurvy ;  cutting  pain  after  urinating.  Cystitis. 
Involuntary  urination  when  walking,  coughing,  etc.  Incon- 
tinence of  urine.     Cutting  in  urethra  after  urinating. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Copious  urine  with  frequent  urging.  Urine 
scanty  and  high  colored,  and  emits  a  pungent  odor. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Dr.  S.  B.  Dickerman,  of  Abington,  Mass.,  reports  a  case  of  enuresis  cured 
with  Ferritin  phos.  200th.  The  enuresis  occurred  in  the  daytime;  he  seldom 
wet  the  bed  at  night.  The  guiding  symptoms  emphasize  its  use  in  diurnal 
enuresis. 

Case  of  incontinence  of  urine  due  to  loss  of  muscular  power,  cured  by 
Ferrum phos.—  Transactions  American  Institute,  1882,  p.  181. 

Dr.  Schiissler,  in  a  private  communication  to  Dr.  Zoeppritz,  mentions  the 
case  of  a  lad  to  whom  he  had  given,  without  effect,  Ferrum  phos.  for  enu- 
resis.    A  pustular  eruption  near  the  corners  of  the  mouth  appeared,  for 


314  THE   TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

which  he  prescribed  Natnim  ntur.,  which  cured  both  the  eruption  and  the 
enuresis. 

Dr  Cornelius  Oldenburg  reports  a  case  of  spasmodic  retention  of  the 
urine.  No  urine  was  at  first  excreted;  even  the  catheter  failed  to  bring  any 
away.  Magnesia  phos.  was  given,  which  relieved  somewhat;  some  urine 
was  passed.  In  five  days,  no  permanent  or  decided  results  being  obtained 
from  this  remedy,  Schiissler's  advice  was  followed,  and  accordingly  Cal- 
carea  phos.  was  given,  which  cured  in  one  day.  Some  two  mouths  later 
another  attack  came  on,  which  was  likewise  immediately  cured  hy  Calcarea 
phos.,  for  on  the  following  day  the  patient  was  well.  All.  Horn.  Zeit.,  1885, 
p.  70. 

Dr.  Criiwell  reports  on  incontinence  of  urine:  When  I  became  acquainted 
with  Dr.  Schiissler's  preparations  I  was  very  anxious  to  test  the  effects  of 
Kali  phos.,  as  Dr.  Schiissler  recommends  this  against  paralysis  and  paralytic 
conditions.  Whoever  has  been  occupied  with  the  study  of  psychology  is 
naturally  ready  to  suspect  paralysis  everywhere.  I  acknowledge  I  may 
have  given  Kali  phos.  too  frequently,  as  I  was  desirous  to  find  out  what  it 
could  do.  For  various  reasons  it  led  me  to  give  it  for  incontinency.  I  gave 
it  three  or  four  times  daily  in  a  little  water.  In  five  cases,  two  of  which  I 
treated  without  good  results,  Kali  phos.  brought  about  amazingly  rapid  im- 
provement. With  a  young  girl,  aet.  7,  I  had  until  lately  to  repeat  the  rem- 
edy every  time  it  was  given  up,  as  the  incontinency  always  returned  when 
it  was  discontinued.  The  most  successful  case  was  that  of  an  old  gentle- 
man, aet.  60.  No  doubt  in  this  case  there  existed  a  sub-paralytic  condition 
of  the  sphincter  muscle.  Some  months  after  treatment  he  called  back  to 
say  that  he  was  perfectly  cured,  but  desired  to  have  some  of  the  powders, 
simply  by  way  of  precaution.     (From  Schiissler.) 

Lad.  set.  10,  after  homoeopathic  treatment  had  been  unsuccessful,  suffered 
with  enuresis,  urine  pale,  watery  and  very  profuse.  Ferrum  phos.  6x,  a 
powder  in  hot  water  three  times  daily,  cured.     (C.  W.  Hakes,  M.  D.) 

Incontinence  of  Urine. — Lady,  aet.  35,  had  had  trouble  for  three  years, 
and  could  assign  no  cause  thereto;  was  able  to  retain  the  urine  at  night  but 
not  in  daytime,  when  she  passed  large  quantities  of  water  involuntarily. 
General  health  good.  Ferrum  phos.  3X,  four  times  a  day.  A  week  later 
she  reported  that  she  could  now  retain  the  urine  much  better  during  the 
day.  The  medicine  was  continued  for  three  weeks  longer,  when  she  in- 
formed me  that  the  power  over  the  bladder  was  now  complete,  and  that  she 
was  better  than  she  had  been  for  two  years.  Nine  months  afterwards  the 
patient  came  to  me  again  with  a  return  of  the  malady;  and,  although  she 
was  then  enciente,  Ferrum  phos.  again  completely  stopped  the  incontinence. 
(Wilde.) 

VACCINATION. 

Should  any  bad  results  show  themselves  Kali  mur.  will 
give  entire  satisfaction.  (Schiissler.)  If  necessary  follow  with 
Silicea. 


VEINS,    DISEASES  OF.  315 

VEINS,  DISEASES  OF. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Varicose  veins,  varicose  ulceration  of  the 
veins  (as  a  lotion  also).  Sharp  piercing  pains,  patients  can 
not  be  on  their  feet.  The  chief  remedy  for  varicose  veins. 
Dr.  Porter  recommends  this  remedy  in  varicose  veins  about 
the  vulva,  and  in  distention  of  the  ovarian  and  sub-ovarian 
plexus  of  veins.  Differentiating  Silicea  from  Calcarea  fluor., 
he  finds  that  the  latter  medicine  has  a  greater  affinity  for 
muscular  tissue,  and  has  relief  from  cold,  while  Silicea  is 
worse  from  cold.  He  quotes  several  symptoms  from  Farring- 
ton,  indicating  the  fluoride  of  lime  in  affections  of  the  lower 
tissues.  Little  vesicles  form  around  scars  ;  lacerations  of  the 
cervix,  with  a  considerable  amount  of  scar-tissue. 

Ferrum  phos. — Varicocele  with  pain  in  testicles.  This  is  a 
powerful  vein  remedy,  though  its  action  on  the  arteries  is  its 
prime  sphere.  It  has  cured  a  small  aneurism  and  the  great 
indication  for  it  is  throbbing.  Varicose  veins  in  young  per- 
sons. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

Young  man,  aet.  18,  complained  of  daily  pain  in  left  testicle,  incapacitat- 
ing hiin  for  work.  Examination  showed  a  varicocele,  well  developed,  prob- 
ably caused  by  constant  heavy  lifting.  After  five  weeks'  use  of  Ferrum 
phos.,  daily  one  dose,  cured.     (Dr.  Mayer,  Stuttgart. ) 

A  physician  of  Bogota,  S.  A.,  relates  a  case  of  varicose  ulcers  of  some 
standing,  both  on  legs  and  arms.  Calc.  fluor.  6x  was  given  night  and  morn- 
ing.    Healed  in  fifteen  days. 

VERTIGO. 

Ferrum  phos. — Giddiness  from  rush  of  blood  to  the  head, 
with  flushing,  throbbing  or  pressing  pain. 

Kali  phos. — Dizziness,  swimming  of  the  head,  when  from 
cerebral  or  nervous  causes,  and  weakness,  not  gastric.  Vertigo 
from  anaemia.     Vertigo,  worse  rising  and  looking  up. 

Kali  sulph. — Vertigo,  especially  on  looking  up  and  rising. 

Natrum    sulph. — Giddiness,  with   bilious    coating  on  the 


316  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

tongue,  or  bitter  taste  in  the  mouth ;  gastric  derangement ; 
excess  of  bile.  Vertigo  with  inclination  to  fall  on  the  right 
side. 

Natrum  phos. — Giddiness  with  gastric  derangements, 
acidity  and  want  of  appetite,  gold-colored,  creamy  coating  on 
the  tongue. 

Magnesia  phos. — Vertigo  from  optical  defects. 

CLINICAL.  CASES. 

Dr.  E.  B.  Rankiu,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  reports  in  the  Southern  Journal 
of  Homoeopathy,  April,  1886,  a  case  of  vertigo  of  several  weeks'  standing, 
accompanied  by  vomiting  of  acid  substances  cured  by  Natrum  phos.  in  one 
week. 

I  have  made  but  little  use,  as  yet,  of  Dr.  Schiissler's  Kali  phos.,  but  have, 
notwithstanding,  effected  a  few  very  interesting  cures. 

A  woman,  set.  64,  came  under  my  treatment,  who  had  been  for  many  years 
treated  without  success.  She  had  taken  steel  baths,  a  great  many  steel-pills 
and  drops  and  quinine.  She  complained  of  a  severe  vertigo,  felt  mostly  011 
rising  from  a  sitting  position,  and  on  looking  upward.  She  was  constantly 
in  dread  of  falling,  and  did  not  venture  to  leave  her  room.  I  gave  her  all 
the  usual  remedies  without  any  benefit.  At  last  I  gave  her,  in  May,  1875, 
two  doses  daily  of  Dr.  Schiissler's  Kali  phos.  I  had  the  pleasure  of  seeing 
a  rapid  and  decided  cure  following  this.  The  patient  can  attend  to  her  do- 
mestic duties;  she  can  go  out  alone,  even  to  distances,  and  is  almost  com- 
pletely cured  of  her  painful  sensation  of  giddiness.     (From  Schiissler. ) 


VOMITING. 

Silicea. — Child  vomits  as  soon  as  it  nurses.  Vomiting  in 
morning  with  chilliness. 

Ferrum  phos. — Vomiting  of  blood,  bright-red  blood,  with 
tendency  to  form  a  gelatinous  mass.  Vomiting  of  the  food 
with  sour  fluids  ;  vomiting  of  food,  the  food  returning  undi- 
gested, sooner  or  later,  after  taking  it. 

Kali  phos. — Nausea  and  vomiting  of  sour,  bitter  food  and  of 
blood. 

Kali  mur. — Vomiting  of  blood,  dark,  clotted,  viscid.  Vom- 
iting of  thick,  white  phlegm. 

Natrum  mur. — Vomiting  of  acid,  sour  fluid,  not  food. 
Vomiting  of  curdled  masses  and  acid  fluids.     Dark  substance 


VOMITING. 


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like  coffee-grounds.  Vomiting  of  watery,  stringy,  transparent 
mucus. 

Natrum  phos. — Vomiting  of  sour,  fluid,  curdy  masses  with 
yellow,  creamy  coating  of  tongue. 

Natrum  sulph. — Bilious  vomiting,  morning  sickness  and 
bitter  taste  in  the  mouth.  Vomiting  of  greenish  matter. 
Constant  nausea. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Vomiting  of  undigested  food,  if  Ferrum 
phos.  does  not  suffice.     Vomiting  during  dentition. 

Calcarea  phos. — Vomiting  after  cold  water  and  ice-cream. 
Infants  vomit  often  and  easily  and  want  to  nurse  all  the  time. 
Vomiting  with  teething  troubles. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

W.  J.  Martin,  M.  D.,  in  the  Transactions  Pcnna.  Horn.  Med.  Society,  1886, 
reports  a  case  of  persistent  vomiting,  accompanied  by  pain  in  the  abdomen, 
cured  by  Mag  ties,  phos.12  after  the  ordinary  homoeopathic  remedies  had 
failed. 

A  young  girl  about  18  consulted  me  (so  writes  a  student  of  medicine)  for 
painless  vomiting,  which  had  existed  for  a  long  time,  and  occurred  after 
almost  every  meal.  The  color  of  her  face  and  the  visible  mucous  membranes 
were  pale.  Menstruation  was  scanty  and  delayed.  No  other  symptoms  of 
importance;  pregnancy  was  not  present.  I  ordered  Ferrum  phos.  6x.  After 
a  time  I  accidentally  saw  the  patient  again,  and  received  the  pleasing  news 
that  the  vomiting  had  entirely  disappeared  from  the  commencement  of  the 
use  of  the  remedy.    {Monatsblaetter.) 

1.  F.  R.,  fifty  years  old.  Had  suffered  for  eight  months  from  weight  in 
stomach  about  an  hour  after  each  meal,  with  nausea,  sometimes  vomiting 
and  much  accumulation  of  water  in  the  mouth.  Pulsatilla  had  been  given 
with  little  or  no  result,  also  Natrum  and  Nux  vomica.  His  condition  be- 
came worse.  Vomiting  of  food  set  in  after  each  meal  some  three  or  four 
hours.  Ferrum  phos,  third  every  hour.  This  relieved  the  condition  at 
once. 

2.  H.,  eleven  years  old.  Weakly  and  of  slim  build,  suffered  for  a  long 
time  from  vomiting  of  food,  stitches  in  the  side  and  palpitation  of  the  heart. 
Closer  examination  showed  his  liver,  heart  and  kidneys  to  be  healthy. 
Ferrum  phos.  cured  in  four  days. 

3.  L.  S.,  twenty-four  years.  Medium  height,  pale,  poorly-nourished  as- 
pect, had  for  several  weeks  vomiting  of  food  immediately  after  eating. 
Patient  is  weak  and  sleepy  in  day-time.  Ferrum  phos.  in  a  few  days  mark- 
edly improved  the  condition;  the  vomiting  disappeared  and  the  other  con- 
ditions were  beneficially  influenced. 

4.  E.  E.,  forty-two  years.  Sickly  build  and  delicate;  four  years  ago  had 
a  gastritis  and  was  cured  by  Homoeopathy.     Since  that  time,  however,  has 


318  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

had  a  weakness  of  the  digestive  organs  which  troubles  him  from  time  to 
time.  Six  weeks  ago  a  marked  aggravation  set  in.  Feeling  of  fullness  in 
the  epigastrium,  many  eructations,  vomiting,  rush  of  blood  to  the  head  and 
cold  feet.  Examination  showed  the  region  of  the  stomach  to  be  swollen 
and  sensitive;  liver,  kidneys,  heart,  etc.,  healthy.  Ferrum  phos.  3x,  every 
hour.  In  three  days  the  patient  was  all  right,  vomiting  had  entirely  ceased 
and  the  remaining  symptoms  had  lessened  markedly. 

5.  E.  B.,  thirty-five  years.  Suffered  for  several  weeks  from  stomach  dis- 
order, with  pressure,  vomiting  of  food  immediately  after  each  meal;  often 
redness  of  the  face.  Vomiting  ceased  after  twelve  hours'  use  of  Ferrum 
phos.,  and  never  returned. 

6.  L.  R.,  thirty  years.  Scrawny  and  anaemic;  suffered  from  stomach  dis- 
orders for  years.  These  for  the  past  eight  weeks  have  been  much  worse. 
There  is  present  vomiting  of  food  and  patient  feels  in  consequence  thereof 
weak  and  exhausted.  On  the  twenty-sixth  of  October  she  received  Ferrum 
phos.  Four  days  later  her  condition  was  improved;  vomiting  occurred  less 
often  and  the  case  progressed  to  complete  recovery. 

7.  F.  A.  For  fourteen  days  had  suffered  from  vomiting  of  food  after  each 
meal.  In  twenty-four  hours  Ferrum  phos.  cured  the  vomiting,  which  did 
not  return. 


WRITER'S   CRAMP. 

Natrum  phos. — While  writing,  hand  trembles.     Crampy 
pain.     Rheumatic  pain  in  joints  of  fingers.     Aching  in  wrists. 
Kali  mur. — Hands  get  stiff  while  writing. 
Magnesia  phos. — Is  often  to  be  used  with  benefit. 
Calcarea  phos. — Cramp-like  pain  in  fingers  and  wrist. 

WHOOPING  COUGH. 

Ferrum  phos. — Whooping  cough  with  vomiting  of  blood. 
Inflammatory  catarrhal  stage. 

Kali  mur. — If  there  be  white-coated  tongue  and  a  thick 
white  expectoration  ;  short,  spasmodic  cough. 

Natrum  mur. — When  the  mucus  is  frothy,  clear  and 
stringy. 

Kali  phos. — Whooping  cough  in  very  nervous,  timid,  sen- 
sitive children  (intercurrent).     Also  when  exhaustion  sets  in. 

Kali  sulph. — Whooping  cough,  decidedly  yellow,  slimy 
expectoration. 

Magnesia  phos. — Whooping  cough,  beginning  as  a  com- 


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mon    cold,   convulsive   fits  of   nervous  cough,   ending   in  a 
whoop.     Give  this  remedy  steadily. 

Calcarea  phos. — Whooping  cough  in  weakly  constitutions, 
or  in  teething  children,  and  in  obstinate  cases  with  emacia- 
tion. 

CLINICAL  CASES. 

My  experience  in  the  treatment  of  whooping-cough,  while  not  extended, 
has  been  quite  satisfactory  to  me  especially  since  adopting  the  biochemic 
treatment  of  Schiissler.  Under  this  treatment  the  cough  may  be  modified, 
the  paroxysms  lessened  in  severity  and  frequency,  and  the  duration  of  the 
disease  very  materially  shortened. 

The  treatment  is  substantially  as  follows:  In  the  earlier  stages  of  the  dis- 
ease Ferrum  phos.  is  given  for  the  febrile  symptoms,  alternated  with  Kali 
mnr.  for  the  fibrinous  expectoration.  If  the  disease  has  reached  that  stage 
when  the  cough  has  become  spasmodic  in  character,  ending  in  the  charac- 
teristic whoop  of  nervous  origin,  then  Magnesia  phos.  is  the  remedy  par 
excellence,  and  as  this  stage  is  usually  reached  before  the  doctor's  services 
are  sought  this  remedy  will  form  the  basis  of  treatment  in  nine-tenths  of  all 
cases.  Indeed,  a  vial  of  this  remedy  with  directions  to  give  a  quantity  the 
size  of  a  pea  in  hot  water  every  four  hours  regularly,  and  repeated  whenever 
a  paroxysm  of  coughing  comes  on,  quite  frequently  constitutes  the  whole 
treatment. 

In  severe  cases  other  remedies  are  used  according  to  indications,  the  char- 
acter of  the  expectoration  guiding  in  the  selection  of  the  remedy.  Calcarea 
phos.  is  often  used  in  winding  up  the  treatment  as  a  general  restorative,  or 
when  the  lime  salts  seem  to  be  deficient. 

I  usually  use  the  6x  potency  of  these  remedies,  though  sometimes  a  lower 
is  demanded.     I  have  never  used  the  higher  potencies. 

The  dose  will  be  equal  to  that  recommended  above  for  Magnesia  phos. 
Very  often,  indeed,  generally,  I  add  the  required  quantity  to  water  in  a 
tumbler,  and  give  a  teaspoonful  of  the  solution  at  a  dose.  ( Dr.  B.  F.  Beane, 
Eldorado,  O.) 

Dr.  J.  T.  Frawley,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  reports  a  case  of  whooping  cough, 
which  had  developed  a  high  temperature  and  symptoms  showing  that  pneu- 
monia was  developing,  cured  with  Kali  inur.  3X  in  hot  water,  its  action  was 
prompt  in  allaying  the  acute  symptoms. 

Child,  set.  18  months,  in  the  last  stage  of  whooping  cough,  with  blistered 
lips  and  mouth;  black,  thin,  offensive  stools  five  times  a  day;  hard  and 
tympanitic  abdomen;  wasted  to  a  shadow  and  given  up  to  die  by  parents 
and  physicians,  got  completely  well  from  Kali  sulph.     (C.  B.  Knerr,  M.  D.) 

Case  in  which  Kali  sulph.  was  given  for  whooping  cough,  which  imme- 
diately improved.  The  second  day  after  taking  the  medicine  he  complained 
of  stiff  neck.  The  head  is  inclined  toward  the  left,  and  the  left  shoulder 
raised.  Great  pain  on  moving  head  from  side  to  side,  or  backward,  but  can 
move  it  forward  without  pain.  This  continued  seven  days.  (W.  P.  Wes- 
selhceft,  M.  D.) 


320  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Magnes.  phos.  for  Whooping  Cough. — In  the  spring  of  1881,  when 
there  was  an  epidemic  of  whooping  cough  amongst  the  children  here,  a 
little  child,  set.  10  months,  was  given  up  by  the  family  doctor.  I  heard  this 
from  the  father  of  the  child,  who  was  in  great  grief.  He  mentioned  that 
the  spasms,  which  occurred  about  ten  times  in  the  course  of  the  day,  were  so 
severe  that  the  little  face  became  quite  livid,  blue  and  swollen.  I  at  once 
gave  Magnes.  phos.  One  single  powder  moderated  the  spasms  so  forcibly 
that  they  returned  only  occasionally,  and  the  attacks  were  quite  mild.  Five 
days  later  I  gave  some  Kali  phos.,  but  without  beneficial  effect,  then  Cal- 
carea  phos.,  and  it  had  no  good  effect,  as  the  paroxysms  grew  only  worse  for 
want  of  Magnes.  phos.  I  ordered  it  to  be  taken  again,  and  in  a  very  short 
time  the  spasms  and  whoop  were  gone,  and  the  child  recovered  rapidly. 
(From  the  Rundschau.) 


WOMEN,  DISEASES  OF. 

See  also  Leucorrhcea,  Dysmenorrhcea  and  Menstruation. 

Ferrum  phos. — Dysmenorrhcea. — Pain  at  the  monthly 
periods,  with  flushed  face  and  quick  pulse,  with  vomiting  of 
undigested  food,  sometimes  acid  taste. 

Menstrual.  —  Excessive  congestion,  blood  bright-red. 
This  remedy  must  be  taken  as  a  preventive  before  the  periods 
if  these  symptoms  are  recurrent.  It  prevents  menorrhagia  in 
those  predisposed  thereto. 

Morning  Sickness. — In  pregnancy,  with  vomiting  of  food 
as  taken,  with  or  without  acid  taste,  the  food  returns  un- 
digested. 

Metritis. — First  stage  to  remove  the  fever,  pain  and  con- 
gestion. 

Vaginitis. — Inflammation  of  the  vagina,  vaginismus,  pain 
in  the  vagina  from  coition.  Excessive  dryness  and  sensitive- 
ness, spasms  of  vagina. 

Kali  mur. — Menstruation. — The  monthly  periods  are  too 
late  or  suppressed,  checked,  white  tongue,  etc.  Too  early 
menses.  Excessive  discharge,  dark,  clotted  or  tough,  black, 
like  tar.     If  periods  last  too  long,  too  frequent. 

Morning  Sickness. — In  pregnancy,  also  vomiting  of  white 
phlegm. 

UTERUS. — Ulceration  of  the  os  and  cervix  uteri,  with  the 
characteristic  discharge  of  thick,  white,  mild  secretions  (glan- 


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321 


dular  or  follicular)  from  the  mucous  membrane  (alkaline). 
Congestion   of    the   uterus,    chronic.     Hypertrophy,    second 


stage. 


LeucorrhcBA. — Discharge  of  milky-white  mucus,  non-irri- 
tating, mild.     Puerperal  fever,  chief  remedy. 

Kali  phos. — Amenorrhea. — Retention  or  delay  of  the 
monthly  flow,  with  depression  of  spirits,  lassitude  and  general 
nervous  debility.^ 

LeucorrhcEA. — Scalding  and  acrid.  Yellowish,  blister- 
ing, orange  colored. 

Menstrual. — Menstrual  colic  or  great  pains  at  the  times 
of  the  periods  in  pale,  lachrymose,  irritable,  sensitive  females. 
Menses  too  late  in  same,  too  scanty  in  similar  conditions,  too 
profuse  discharge,  deep-red  or  blackish-red,  thin  and  not 
coagulating,  sometimes  with  strong  odor.  Uterine  hemor- 
rhage. Pain  in  left  side  and  ovaries.  Intense  pain  across 
sacrum. 

Miscarriage. — Threatened  in  nervous  subjects. 

IvABOR. — Weak  and  deficient  pains.  Puerperal  mania. 
Child-bed  fever. 

Kali  sulph. — LeucorrhcEa.  —  Discharge  of  yellowish, 
greenish,  slimy  or  watery  secretions. 

Menstruation. — Too  late  and  too  scanty,  with  a  feeling 
of  weight  and  fulness  in  the  abdomen  ;  yellow-coated  tongue. 

Silicea. — Is  especially  adapted  to  weakly,  oversensitive 
women,  light  complexion,  lax  muscles,  scrofulous  constitu- 
tion ;  for  nervous,  irritable  women  with  dry  skin  ;  night-sweats 
for  constitutions  with  imperfect  assimilation. 

Menses. — Acrid,  smell  strong,  excoriating,  generally  too 
profuse.  Leucorrhceal  discharge  instead  of  menses.  Icy  cold- 
ness, especially  of  feet  during  menses.  Nausea  during  sexual 
intercourse.  Nymphomania.  Backache  with  a  sense  of  pa- 
ralysis of  the  limbs.  Offensive  foot-sweat.  All  symptoms 
better  from  warmth. 

DeucorrhcEA. — Instead  of  menses.     Painful,  smarting  leu- 
corrhcea  during   micturition.     Profuse  discharge  of  whitish 
water  with  itching  of  parts.    Constipation,  stool  slips  back. 
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322  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Labor,  etc. — Suppuration  of  mammae.  Chronic  fistulous 
openings.  Hard  lumps  in  breasts.  Child  refuses  milk  or 
vomits  as  soon  as  taken.     Nipples  crack  and  ulcerate. 

Magnesia  phos. — Menstrual  Colic. — The  chief  remedy 
in  ordinary  cases.  Painful  menstruation  or  pain  preceding  the 
flow.  Vaginismus.  Pains  radiate  from  spine,  relieved  by 
warm  clothing  and  pressure,  aggravated  by  cold.  Membranous 
dysmenorrhoea.  It  is  a  new  development  of  the  virtues  of 
Magnes.  phos.  to  find  it  capable,  by  its  physiological  action, 
of  relaxing  a  contracted  uterus.  1 5  grains  in  hot  water  pro- 
duced the  effect  in  five  minutes,  enabling  a  retained  placenta 
to  be  removed. 

Natrum  mur. — Leucorrhcea. — A  watery,  scalding,  irri- 
tating discharge,  smarting  after  or  between  the  periods. 
Slimy,  corroding. 

Menstruation. — Thin  discharge,  watery,  or  pale,  thin, 
watery  blood.  Too  profuse  and  too  early,  with  splitting 
headache,  great  sadness,  sweet  risings.  After  local  use  of 
nitrate  of  silver.  "  In  young  girls,  if  the  menses  do  not  ap- 
pear, or  when  very  scanty  and  at  long  intervals.  Pain  in  the 
stomach,  nausea,  vomiting  of  food,  weakness  and  faint  feeling, 
desire  for  sour  things,  aversion  to  meat,  bread  and  cooked 
food.  Twelve  to  thirty  are  the  most  useful  potencies." 
(Sulzer.)     Pressing  towards  genitals  in  morning. 

Morning  Sickness. — Vomiting  of  watery,  frothy  phlegm. 

Natrum  phos. —  L,eucorrhce;a.  —  Discharge  creamy  or 
honey-colored,  or  acrid  and  watery.  Discharge  from  the 
uterus  sour-smelling,  acid. 

Morning  Sickness. — With  vomiting  of  sour  masses,  steril- 
ity with  acid  secretions. 

Prolapsus  Uteri. — With  weak,  sinking  feeling  worse 
after  defecation. 

Uterine  Region. — Weakness  and  distress  in. 

Uterine  Displacements. — WTith  rheumatic  pains. 

Calcarea  phos. — IvEucorrhcEA. — As  a  constitutional  tonic 
and  intercurrent  with  the  chief  remedy.  Discharge  of  albu- 
minous mucus.     "  In  cases  where  menstruation  is  too  early, 


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too  long-lasting  and  profuse,  often  amounting  to  metrorrhagia, 
especially  in  slender  and  weakly  women."  (Mossa,  Allg.  Horn. 
Zeit,  1883.)  Menses  too  early  in  young  girls,  too  late  in 
adults,  especially  rheumatic  patients.  Throbbing  in  genitals 
with  voluptuous  feelings. 

Dysmenorrhea. — Daborlike  pains  before  and  during  cata- 
menia.  Uterine  spasms  after  stool  or  micturition.  Nympho- 
mania with  heat  and  weight  on  vertex,  worse  before  menses. 
Menses  too  early,  every  two  weeks,  with  voluptuous  feelings. 

Calcarea  fluor. — After-pains. — If  too  weak,  contractions 
feeble. 

Miscarriage. — Flooding,  to  tone  up  the  contractile  power 
of  the  uterus. 

Menorrhagia. 

Menstruation. — Excessive,  with  bearing-down  pains,  and 
flooding. 

Displacements. — Displacement  of  the  uterus,  dragging 
down  of  the  uterus,  associated  with  great  mental  anxiety. 
Prolapsus  of  the  uterus.  Dragging  pains  in  the  region  of  the 
uterus  and  in  the  thighs.     Chronic  interstitial  metritis. 

Calcarea  sulph. — Menses  late,  long-lasting  with  headache, 
twitchings  and  great  weakness.  Pregnancy,  vomiting  with 
bitter  taste.  Calcarea  sulph.  6  is  the  best  remedy  for  extra- 
vasation of  pus  within  the  pelvic  tissues  unconfined  by  any 
pyogenic  membrane  or  when  a  pus-bag  is  formed  by  rupture 
of  an  abscess  wall  without  pus  finding  an  outlet  into  the  pel- 
vic viscera.     Patient  pale  and  weak.     (B.  F.  Betts,  M.  D.) 

Natrum  sulph. — Dysmenorrhcea  with  colic  and  chilliness, 
acrid  menses,  profuse  with  vesicular  vulvitis.  Nosebleed  be- 
fore menses. 

CLINICAL  cases. 

Dr.  V.  W.  Connor,  of  Lansing,  Mich.,  reports  an  interesting  case  of 
chronic  pelvic  cellulitis,  where  the  patient  had  been  bed-ridden  for  nine 
years,  cured  with  Kali  mur.  3X.  Improvement  began  at  once  and  she 
gained  35  lbs. 

E.  S.  Bailey,  M.  D.,  reports  a  case  of  menorrhagia  cured  by  Ferrum  phos. 
3x.  The  case  presented  a  history  of  profuse  menstruation,  the  flow  was  de- 
pleting,  no  pain  or  local  tenderness — in  fact,  no  tangible  symptoms,  the 


324  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

condition  of  anaemia  representing  the  cause  in  this  case. — Clinique,  1886, 

P-  374- 

Dysmenorrhcea,  menses  late  and  scanty:  Kali  sulph.,  every  four  hours, 
cured  permanently  and  completely.  (W.  M.  Pratt,  M.  D.,  North  American 
Journal  of  Homoeopathy,  1883.) 

Doctor  Phil.  Porter  reports  a  case  of  papillomatous  erosion  of  the  cervix 
with  Calc.  fluor.  6x,  in  which  the  local  symptoms  were  accompanied  by  a 
dyscrasic  condition,  enlarged  cervical  glands,  emaciation  and  weakness. 
His  prescription  was  based  upon  the  constitutional  changes,  the  local  con- 
ditions (the  fissured  appearance  of  the  cervix),  and  an  abundant  yellowish 
leucorrhcea. — Hahnemannian  Monthly. 

Case  of  dysmenorrhcea  with  neuroses,  presenting  recurring  neurotic  out- 
bursts, painful  and  intense.  Intense  suffering  during  menses,  headache, 
etc.,  had  had  nearly  every  homoeopathic  remedy,  with  no  permanent  relief. 
Kaliphos.  6x  cured.  (D.  B.  Whittier,  M.  D.,  Trans.  Mass.  State  Horn.  Med. 
Society,  1886. ) 

A  lady  called  to  see  me  just  after  a  severe  hemorrhage  from  the  womb — 
in  fact,  every  time  she  menstruated  she  almost  flooded  to  death.  Upon 
examination  I  found  the  uterus  hard  aud  so  large  that  it  completely  filled 
the  vagina;  this  had  doubtless  been  coming  on  for  six  years,  since  the 
birth  of  her  child,  as  she  complained  of  an  increasing  weight  in  that  region 
all  the  time.  I  at  once  began  to  give  her  Calcarea  fluor.,  a  dose  every 
four  hours.  This  reduced  the  induration  in  four  to  six  weeks  to  its  natural 
size,  and  five  years  have  passed  and  no  return  of  the  trouble.  (A.  P.  Davis, 
M.  D.) 

Mrs.  W.,  two  weeks  pregnant,  had  been  vomiting  nearly  everything  that 
she  had  eaten  for  these  two  weeks.  Only  food  was  vomited,  and  that  soon 
after  eating.  Gave  Ferrum  phos.  I2x  four  times  a  day,  a  small  powder  dry. 
What  I  wish  to  say  of  this  case  is  this:  Mrs.  W.  has  had  four  children,  and 
with  every  one  had  commenced  vomiting  almost  at  the  moment  of  concep- 
tion, and  would  continue  all  through  pregnancy.  The  last  four  or  five 
months  of  the  time  she  would  have  to  remain  in  bed,  being  so  weak  that 
she  could  not  get  about.  She  commenced  the  same  way  this  time,  but 
after  giving  the  Ferrum  phos.  a  few  days  the  vomiting  was  very  much  con- 
trolled, and  in  a  month  had  ceased  entirely,  and  she  went  to  term  in 
splendid  condition.  While  we  cannot  absolutely  say  that  she  would  have 
been  the  same  as  at  other  times,  yet  it  is  natural  to  suppose  that  she  would 
have.     (G.  H.  Martin,  M.  D.) 

Mrs.  E  ,  set.  38,  suffered  for  many  years  from  chronic  peritonitis  and 
ovaritis.  She  would  have  subacute  attacks,  which  would  last  for  several 
months,  confining  her  to  her  bed  or  room;  hardly  would  she  be  well  of  one 
attack  before  another  would  be  induced  by  a  cold  or  some  slight  over- 
exertion. Was  nervous  and  much  depressed.  One  evening  was  seized  with 
very  severe  pain  in  the  uterine  and  left  ovarian  regions,  extending  over  the 
whole  abdomen,  which  was  very  sensitive  to  the  slightest  touch.  Pulse, 
120.  temperature,  104.  Ferrum  phos.  i2x  and  Kali  phos.  I2x  were  given 
in  water  every  fifteen  minutes,  in  alternation  for  two  hours,  when  the  pains 
were  somewhat  less.     The  remedies  were  then  given  every  hour  for  several 


WORMS.  325 

days,  uutil  all  pain  and  sensitiveness  had  gone.  The  patient  was  kept  under 
treatment  for  two  weeks  longer,  when  she  was  obliged  to  go  away.  She 
gradually  grew  stronger  and  better,  and  now  two  years  have  passed,  and  she 
has  never  had  the  slightest  sign  of  the  trouble,  which  she  had  had  for  so 
many  years,  and  is  well  and  strong.   (G.  H.  Martin,  M.  D.) 

Miss  B.,  aet.  20,  had  been  stiff ering  for  the  past  two  years  with  severe  ova- 
ralgia  at  the  menstrual  period.  She  had  been  under  the  treatment  of  several 
physicians  and  the  only  relief  that  they  were  able  to  give  her  was  by  the 
use  of  Morphine,  that  being  only  temporary.  We  called  late  one  night  to 
see  her  and  found  her  suffering  with  severe  pain  in  the  left  ovary,  of  a  dull, 
dragging  character,  and  but  slightly  intermittent.  Patient,  hysterical  and 
very  excitable.  Gave  her  Kali  phos.  6x,  in  water  every  ten  minutes,  for 
half  an  hour,  when  patient  went  to  sleep,  not  awaking  until  morning, 
when  she  was  free  from  pain.  Gave  her  Kali  phos.  6x,  night  and  morning, 
for  a  month;  at  the  next  menstrual  period  was  again  called  and  found  her 
suffering  much  as  before.  Gave  Kali  phos.  i2x  every  ten  minutes  and  after 
two  doses  was  relieved.  Gave  Kali  phos.  i2x,  o)ice  a  day  for  a  month,  and 
now,  after  eighteen  months,  has  had  no  more  pain,  and  is  feeling  better  in 
every  way.     (G.  H.  Martin,  M.  D.) 

Lady  about  40,  anteflexion  of  uterus  with  very  peculiar  nervous  condition. 
Very  solicitous  about  health,  weak,  exhausted  with  slight  effort.  Irritable 
and  easily  displeased,  which  was  unnatural  to  her.  Had  suffered  many  an- 
noyances. Hypersemia  of  the  brain  and  hyperesthesia,  which  condition 
made  her  utterly  miserable  most  of  the  time.  Kali  phos.  entirely  cured. 
(Sarah  N.  Smith,  New  York.) 

WORMS. 

Ferrum  phos. — Intestinal  worms,  predisposition  to  passing 
undigested  food.     Thread-worms. 

Kali  mur. — Small  white  thread-worms,  causing  itching  at 
the  anus  ;  white  tongue,  give  Natrum  phos.  in  alternation. 

Calcarea  fluor. — Intestinal,  long,  round,  or  thread-worms 
with  characteristic  symptoms  of  acidity,  or  picking  of  the 
nose,  occasional  squinting.  Pain  in  the  bowels,  restless  sleep. 
Itching  of  the  anus,  especially  at  night  in  bed,  face  white 
about  the  mouth  or  nose.  Grinding  of  the  teeth  in  children. 
Pin-worms.  This  remedy  probably  acts  by  destroying  the  ex- 
cess of  lactic  acid  which  seems  to  be  necessary  for  the  life  of 
these  worms. 

CLINICAL   CASES. 

Natr.  phos.  a  Worm  Remedy. — Dr.  Schiissler  recommends  this  drug  as 
efficient  in  verminous  affections.     Dr.  A.  C.  Kimball,  of  Barteville  Station, 


326  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Neb.,  reports  a  case  in  his  practice  with  the  following  results:  The  patient, 
a  boy  aged  five  years,  had  spasms  and  had  been  treated  b}'  several  physi- 
cians without  benefit.  After  using  Natr.  phos?  for  six  weeks,  three  times  a 
day,  he  passed  four  feet  three  inches  of  tapeworm,  much  to  the  astonish- 
ment of  all  interested.  This  is  the  first  recorded  case  of  Natr.  phos.  pro- 
ducing such  a  result.  It  is  believed  that  the  entire  worm  was  passed,  there 
being  no  evidence  of  any  remaining.  Natr.  phos.  is  especially  efficient  in 
cases  of  pinworms. 

YELLOW    FEVER. 

Natrum  sulph. — If  it  assumes  the  form  of  a  severe  bilious 
remittent  fever,  and  there  is  excess  of  bile.  Vomit  greenish, 
yellow-brown  or  black. 

Ferrum  phos. — For  the  fever  in  alternation  with  the  pre- 
ceding.    At  the  beginning  of  the  attack. 

Kali  phos. — For  collapse  and  depressed  vital  forces.  Also 
for  deep  green,  bluish  or  black  vomit  and  hemorrhages. 


PART  IV. 


REPERTORY. 


Mental  States  and  Affections. 

Aberrations,  mental:  Kali phos. 
After-effects  of — 

disappointment:   Calc.  phos. 

grief:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

vexation:   Calc.  phos. 

fright:  Kali  phos. 
Amelioration  after  sleep:  Ferr.  phos. 
Ambitionless:  Natr.  phos. 
Angry,  irritable:  Natr.  mur. 
Anxiety:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Apprehensiveness:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Attention,  difficult  to  fix:  Silicea. 
Blushing,  from  emotions:  Kali  phos. 

Brain-fag,  from  overwork:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea,  Natr.  vucr. 
Carries  things  from  place  to  place:  Magnes.  phos. 
Consolation,  aggravated  by:  Natr.  mur. 
Crossness,  in  children:  Kali  phos. 
Changeable  mood:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
Cretinism:   Calc.  phos. 
Crying  mood:  Kali  phos. 
Dark  forebodings:  Kali  phos. 
Dejection  of  spirits:  Natr.  mur. 
Delirium,  in  general:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

tremens:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

low  muttering:  Kali  phos. 

wandering:  Natr.  mur. 

very  talkative,  being  wide  awake:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Depressed  mood:  Calc.fluor.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 


328  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Derangements,  mental:  Kali phos. 
Despairs  of  getting  well  again:  Natr.  salpli. 
Despondency  about  business:  Kali  phos. 
Difficulty  of  thought:   Silicea. 
Disappointment,  after:   Calc.  phos. 
Disgust  of  life:  Silicea. 
Disheartened:   Natr.  sulph. 
Disinclination  to  converse:  Kali  phos. 

mix  with  people:  Kali  phos. 
Dread,  nervous:  Kali  phos. 

of  noises:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
Dulness:   Kali  phos.,  Magyies  phos  ,  Natr.  phos. 
Effects  of,  disappointment:   Calc.  phos. 
fright:  Kali  phos. 
grief:   Calc.  phos. ,  Kali  phos. 
vexation:   Calc.  phos. 
Emotions,  sudden  hysteria  from:  Kali  phos. 
blushing  from:  Kali  phos. 

Energy,  wantot:  Kali  phos. 

Excessive  shyness:  Kali  phos. 

Excitement,  nervous:  Kali  phos. 

False  impressions:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

Fancies:  Kali  phos. 

Fear  of  falling:  Kali  sulph. 

Fearfulness:  Kali  phos. 

Fears  financial  ruin:   Calc.  fluor. 

Forgetfulness:   Calc.  phos  ,  Magnes.  phos. 

Fretfulness:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

Fright,  effects  of:  Kali  phos. 

Frolicsome:  Natr.  mur. 

Gloomy  moods:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

Grasping  for  imaginary  objects:  Kali  phos. 

Great  impatience:  Kali  phos. 

Grief,  after  effects  of:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

Hallucinations:   Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

Haunted  by  visions  of  the  past:  Kali  phos. 

Hears  footsteps  on  awaking  at  night:  Natr.  phos. 

Homesickness:  Kali  phos. 

Hopeless  about  the  future:  Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos: 

Hypochondriasis:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 


REPERTORY.  ,2Q 

Hysteria,  from  sudden  emotions;  Kaliphos. 
Ill-humor  in  children:   Calc.  phos.,  Kaliphos. 
Illusions,  of  senses:  Kali  phos. 
of  sensation:  Magnes.  phos. 
Imagines  furniture  to  be  persons:  Natr.  phos. 

he  must  starve:  Kali  mur. 
Imaginary  objects,  grasping  at:  Kaliphos. 
Impaired  memory:   Calc.  phos 
Impatience:  Kali  phos. 
Inclination  to  dance  and  sing:  Natr.  mur. 
Indifference  to  everything:  Ferr.  phos. 
Indecision:   Calc  fluor.,  Kaliphos. 
Insanity:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kaliphos.,  Silicea. 
Irritability:  Kaliphos..  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Lamenting:  Magnes.  phos. 
Laughter:  Kaliphos. 
Longs  for  past  visions:  Kali  phos. 
Looks  on  dark  side  of  everything:  Kaliphos. 
Loss  of  consciousness,  sudden:   Calc.  sulph. 
Loss  of  memory:  Kali  phos. 

sudden:   Calc.  sulph. 
Mania:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

puerperal:  Kali  phos 
Maniacal  mood:  Ferr.  phos. 
Melancholia:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Melancholic  at  puberty:  Natr.  mur. 
Mental  abstraction:  Silicea. 

derangements:  Kali  phos. 

from  injuries  to  head:  Natr.  sulph. 
Memory,  loss  of:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Mind,  over-trained:  Kaliphos.,  Silicea. 
Mood,  changeable:   Calc.  sulph. 

crying:  Kali  phos. 

depressed:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

gloomy:  Kaliphos. 

lamenting:  Magnes.  phos. 

maniacal:  Ferr.  phos. 

hypochondriacal:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

hysterical:  Kali  phos. 
Music  aggravates:     Natr.  sulph. 


330  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Necessity  for  restraint:  Natr.  sulph. 

Nervous  dread:  Kali phos. 

Night  terrors,  in  children:  Kali  phos. 

Noise,  oversensitiveness  to:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea,  Kali  mur. 

Objects,  imaginary,  grasping  at:  Kali  phos. 

Omits  letters  or  words  in  writing:  Kali  phos. 

Overwork,  brain-fag  from:  Kali  phos. 

Past  visions  haunt:  Kali  phos. 

Passionate  outbursts:  Natr.  mur. 

Peevishness  in  children:   Calc.  phos. 

Playing  with  pins  and  needles:    Silicea. 

Rambling  in  talk:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

Sadness  with  beating  of  heart:  Natr.  mur. 

Screaming:  Kali  phos. 

Senses,  illusions  of:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

Sensation,  illusions  of:  Magnes.  phos. 

Sensitiveness:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 

Shyness,  excessive:  Kali  phos. 

Sighing:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

Slow  comprehension:   Calc.  phos. 

Sobbing:  Magnes.  phos. 

Somnambulism:  Kali  phos. 

Sopor  and  stupor  in  acute  diseases:  Natr.  mur. 

Solitude,  desires:  Calc.  phos. 

Startings,  nervous:  Kali  phos.,  Kali  mur. 

Stupid:   Calc  phos. 

Stupor:  Kali  phos. 

Sudden  emotions,  causing  hysteria:  Kali  phos. 

Suicidal  tendency:  Natr.  sulph. 

Suspiciousness:  Kali  phos. 

Talks  to  herself  constantly:  Magnes.  phos. 

Talk,  rambling  in:  Kali  phos. 

while  asleep:  Kali  phos. 
Talkative:  Ferr.  phos  ,  Natr.  mur. 
Tendency  to  suicide:  Natr.  sulph. 
Terrors  at  night  in  children:  Kali  phos. 
Thought,  difficulty  of:  Silicea. 
Timidity:  Kali  phos. 
Tired  of  life:   Silicea. 
Trifles  seem  like  mountains:  Ferr.  phos. 

vex :  Natr.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  231 

Uses  wrong  words  in  writing  or  speaking:  Kali phos. 
Vexation,  effects  of:   Calc.phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Visions  of  past,  haunt:  Kali  phos. 
Want  of  energy:  Kali  phos. 
Wants  to  be  carried:  Kali  phos. 
Weeping,  disposition  to:   Natr.  mur. 
Whining:  Kali  phos. 
Wildness:  Natr.  sulph. 

Head,  Sensorium  and  Scalp. 

Anaemia,  cerebral:  Kali  phos. 

Bald  spots:  Kali  sulph.,  Calc.phos. 

Better  under  cheerful  excitement:  Kali  phos. 

Blood  rushes  to  the  head:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

tumors  on  scalp:   Calc.  fluor. 
Brain,  concussion  of:  Kali  phos. 

feels  as  if  loose:  Natr.  sulph. 

inflammation  of,  first  stage:  Ferr.  phos. 

softening  of:  Kali  phos. 

troubles  of  children:  Magnes.  phos. 

violent  pains  at  base  of:  Natr.  sulph. 

water  in:  Kali  phos. 
Brain-fag:   Calc.phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Bruising  pain  in  head:  Ferr.  phos. 
Bruises  of  cranial  bones:  Calc.  fluor. 
Burning  on  top  of  head:  Natr.  sulph. 
Cephalaetoma:   Calc. fluor.,  Silicea. 
Cerebral  apoplexy:  Silicea. 
Cold  feeling  in  the  head:   Calc.phos. 
Concussion  of  the  brain:  Kali  phos. 

after  effects  of:  Natr.  sulph. 
Congestive  headaches:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea,  Natr. 

mur. 
Craniotabes:   Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph. 
Crown  of  head  aches:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Crusts,  yellow,  on  scalp:   Calc.  sulph. 
Crusta  lactea:  Kali  mur. 

Dandruff:  Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 
Dull,  right-sided  headache:  Ferr.  phos. 
Effects  of  falls  or  injuries  to  head:  Natr.  sitlph. 


332  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Eruption  on  scalp,  itching:  Natr.  mur. 
on  occiput,  offensive:  Silicea. 
on  margin  of  hair  at  nape:  Natr.  mur. 
Excrescences  on  scalp:   Calc.  fluor. 
Excruciating  pains  in  head:  Magnes.  phos. 
Falls  or  injuries,  effects  of:  Natr.  sulph. 
Falling  out  of  hair:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Fontanelles  remain  unclosed:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Fulness  of  head:   Calc.  phos. 
Gnawing  at  base  of  brain:  Natr.  sulph. 
Hair,  falling  out  of:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 

painful  on  combing  it:  Natr.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Head,  back  of,  sore:  Kali  phos. 
feels  cold  to  touch:   Calc.  phos. 
fulness  of:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 
large  bones  separated:  Calc.  phos. 
nods  forward  involuntarily:  Natr.  mur. 
pressure  upon:   Calc.  phos. 
pressure  and  heat  on  vertex  of:  Natr.  phos. 
sweats  in  children:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Headache,    accompanied   by,    appearance   of    lumps   on   scalp: 
Silicea. 
dizziness:  Natr.  sulph. 
after  and  before  menses:  Natr  miir. 

walking:  Natr.  mur. 
bilious  diarrhoea:  Natr.  sulph. 
bitter  taste  in  A.  m.  :  Natr.  sulph. 
bile,  vomiting  of:  Natr.  sulph. 
colicky  pains:  Natr.  sulph. 
constipation:  Natr.  mur. 
cool  feeling  in  head:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
despondency:  Kali  phos. 
drowsiness:  Natr.  mur. 
dulness:   Calc.  phos. 
empty  feeling  in  stomach:  Kali  phos. 
excruciating  pains:  Magnes.  phos. 
exhaustion :  Kali  phos. 
faintish  nausea :   Calc.  fluor. 
flatulence:   Calc.  phos. 
forgetfulness:   Calc.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  ,,, 

Headache,  accompanied  by  fulness  of  head:   Calc.  phos. 
furred  tongue:  Ferr.  phos. 
hawking  up  of  white  mucus:  Kali  mur. 

watery  mucus:  Natr.  mur. 
irritability:  Kali  phos. 
much  saliva  in  mouth:  Natr.  mur. 
nausea:   Calc.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos. 

and  chilliness:  Magnes.  phos. 
neuralgia:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
optical  defects:  Magnes.  phos. 
profusion  of  tears:  Natr.  mur. 
pulsation  on  top  of  head:  Natr.  sulph. 
prostrate  feeling:  Kali  phos. 
red  eyes  and  face:  Ferr.  phos. 
sensitiveness  to  noise:  Kali  phos. 
shifting  pains:  Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos. 
shooting  pains:  Magnes.  phos. 
sleeplessness:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
soreness  to  touch :  Ferr.  phos. 
sparks  before  eyes:  Magnes.  phos. 
stinging  pains:  Magnes.  phos. 
stretching:    Kali  phos. 

tendency  to  spasmodic  symptoms:  Magnes.  phos. 
throbbing  sensation:  Ferr.  phos.,  Silicea. 
vertigo:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
vomiting:  Kali  mur. 

of  bile:  Natr.  sulph. 
slimy:  Natr.  phos. 
sour  matter:  Natr.  phos. 
transparent  phlegm:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
undigested  food:  Ferr.  phos. 
weariness:  Kali  phos. 
white  mucus:  Kali  mur. 
yawning:  Kali  phos. 
after  menses:  Natr.  mur. 
walking:  Natr.  mur. 
aggravated  by  change  of  weather:   Calc.  phos.  / 

cold:   Calc.  phos. 
exertion :    Silicea . 
evening:  Kali  sulph. 


334  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Headache,  aggravated  by  heat:   Calc.  phos. 

light:  Silicea. 

mental  exertion:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Silicea. 

motion:  Natr.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 

moving  head  from  side  to  side  or  backward:  Kali  sulph. 

noise:  Silicea. 

pressure  of  hat:   Calc.  phos. 

reading:  Natrum  sulph. 

shaking  head:  Ferr.  phos. 

stooping:  Ferr.  phos. 

warm  room :  Kali  sulph . 
ameliorated  by  cheerful  excitement:  Kali  phos. 

cold:  Ferr.  phos. 

cool  open  air:  Kali  sulph. 

eating:  Kali  phos.    ■ 

external  warmth:  Magnes.  phos.,  Silicea. 

gentle  motion:  Kali  phos. 

nosebleed:  Ferr.  phos. 

quiet:  Natr.  sulph. 

wrapping  up  head  warmly:  Silicea. 
as  of  nail  driven  in  over  eye:  Ferr.  phos. 
beginning  in  the  evening:  Kali  sulph. 

in  morning:  Natr.  mur. 
before  and  after  menses:  Natr.  mur. 
blind:  Ferr.  phos. 
catarrhal:  Natr.  mur. 
chronic:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
cold  aggravates:   Calc.  phos. 

ameliorates:  Ferr.  phos. 
commencing  in  morning:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr    sulph.,   Natr. 

phos. 
congestive:  Ferr.  phos.,  Silicea. 
cool  open  air  relieves:  Kali  sulph. 
dull:  Natr.  mur. 
dull  heavy,  in  top  of:  Ferr.  phos. 
during  dentition:   Calc.  phos. 

eating:  Kali  phos. 

menses:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
evening,  beginning  in:  Kali  sulph. 
from  abdominal  irritation:  Silicea. 


REPERTORY.  335 

Headache  from  above  downward:   Calc.  phos. 

cold:  Ferr.  phos. 

gouty  predisposition:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

hunger:  Silicea. 

injuries  to  head:  Natr.  sulph. 

loss  of  animal  fluids:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

mental  exertion:  Magnes.  phos.,  Silicea. 

nervous  exertion:  Silicea. 

overheating :  Silicea . 

sun  heat:  Ferr.  phos. 
frontal:  Natr.  phos. 

gastric:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
gentle  motion  relieves:  Kali  phos. 
hammering:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
heavy:  Natr.  mur. 
intermittent :  Magnes.  phos. 
lasting  until  noon:  Natr.  mur. 
menstrual,  with  hunger:  Kali  phos. 
migraine:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
nape  and  vertex:  Silicea,  Magnes.  phos. 
nervous:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea.,  Magnes.  phos. 
neuralgic:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
occipital:  Kali  phos.,   Magnes.  phos.,    Natr.  phos.,    Silicea, 

Natr.  sulph. 
extending  to  spine:  Magnes.  phos. 
of  cachectic  persons:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 

children:   Calc.  phos  ,  Ferr.  phos. 

pale,  sensitive  persons:  Kali  phos. 

scrofulous  people:  Silicea. 

school-girls:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

students:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
on  crown  of  head:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

during  profuse  menses:  Ferr.  phos. 
on  awaking  in  morning:  Natr.  phos. 
paroxsymal:  Magnes.  phos. 
quiet  relieves:  Natr.  sulph. 

rheumatic:  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Silicea. 
right-sided:  Ferr.  phos. 

sick:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr. 
phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 


336  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Headache  sudden  in  its  onset:  Natr.  sulph. 

vertex:  Ferr.phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

worse  near  sutures:   Calc.  phos. 
right  side:  Ferr.  phos. 
Heat  in  vertex:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos. 
Hemicrania:  Natr.  mur. 

Hydrocephalus:    Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Itching  eruption  on  scalp:  Natr.  mur. 
Lumps  on  scalp:  Silicea. 
Meningitis:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Menstrual  headache  with  hunger:  Kali  phos. 
Migraine:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Motion  aggravates:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

ameliorates:  Kali  phos. 
Mouth  full  of  saliva:  Natr.  mur. 
Mucus,  watery,  coughed  up:  Natr.  mur. 
Nodules  on  head:  Silicea. 

Noise,  sensitive  to:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea,  Kali  mur. 
Noises  in  head:  Kali  phos. 
Nosebleed  relieves  headache:  Ferr.  phos. 

Occipital  headache:  Natr.  phos.,  Silicea,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Open  fontanelles:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 

across  eyes:  Kali  phos. 
Pain,  aggravated  by  heat:   Calc.  phos. 
cold:   Calc.  phos. 

moving  and  stooping:  Ferr.  phos. 
pressure  of  hat:   Calc.  phos. 

as  if  a  nail  were  being  driven  in:  Ferr.  phos. 
skull  were  too  full:  Natr.  phos. 

around  head,  worse  forehead:   Calc.  sulph. 

beating  and  bruising:  Ferr.  phos. 

occipital:  Kali  phos. 

periodical:  Natr.  -mur. 

pressing:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 
on  top  of  head:  Natr.  phos. 

shifting,  shooting,  stinging:  Magnes.  phos. 

stitching:  Ferr.  phos. 
Rush  of  blood  to  head:  Ferr.  phos. 
Saliva  profuse,  with  head  symptoms:  Natr.  mur. 
Scald-head  of  children,  yellow  secretion:   Calc.  sulph. ,  Kali  sulph. , 
Kali  mur. 


REPERTORY.  0,7 

Scalp,  copious  scaling  of:  Kali  sulph. 

dandruff:   Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 

eruptions  on:  Ferr.  phos. 

feels  rough :  Magnes.  phos. 

itching  of:    Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

itching  eruption  on  margin  of  hair:  Natr.  mur. 

itching  pustules  on:  Silicea. 

moist  eruptions  on:  Kali  sulph. 

nodules  on:  Silicea. 

sensitive:  Natr.  sulph. 

to  cold  and  touch:  Ferr.  phos. 

sore:   Calc.  phos. 

stick}'  eruptions  on:  Kali  sulph. 

suppurations  of:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

tinea  capitis:  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea. 

ulcers  of:   Calc.  phos. 

with  callous  edges:   Calc.  fluor. 

white  scales  on:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
School-girls,  cephalalgia  of:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Scrofulous  ulcers  of  scalp:   Calc.  phos. 
Sensation  as  if  head  would  open:  Natr.  mur. 

of  pressure  in  and  through  head:  Natr.  sulph. 

throbbing:  Ferr.  phos. 
Soreness  of  head  to  touch:  Ferr.  phos. 
Spasmodic  symptoms:  Magnes.  phos. 
Stitching  pains:  Ferr.  phos. 
Students,  headaches  of:  Kali  phos. 
Sun-heat,  ill  effects  of:  Ferr.  phos. 
Sunstroke:  Natr.  mur. 

Suppurations  of  the  scalp:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Sweat  of  head  in  children:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Tearing  in  bones  of  skull:   Calc.  phos. 
Tendency  to  spasmodic  symptoms:  Magnes.  phos. 
Throbbing  in  the  head:  Ferr.  phos. 
Top  of  head  sensitive  to  cold  air:  Ferr.  phos. 
Transparent  phlegm,  vomiting  of:  Natr.  mur,,  Ferr.  phos. 
Ulcers  on  scalp,  scrofulous:  Calc.  phos. 

with  callous  edges:   Calc.  fluor. 
Unrefreshing  sleep  with  headache:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Vertigo:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
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338  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Vertigo  from  nervous  exhaustion:  Kali phos. 
anaemia:  Kali  phos. 
in  old  age :   Calc.  phos. 
labyrinthine:  Silicea. 

on  motion  and  when  walking:   Calc.  phos. 
looking  up:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
rising:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
with  deathly  nausea:   Calc.  phos. 

gastric  derangements:  Natr.  phos. 
with  rush  of  blood  to  head:  Ferr.  phos. 
tendency  to  fall  to  left  side:  Silicea. 
Vomiting  of  bile:  Natr.  sulph. 
sour  froth:  Natr.  phos. 
transparent  slime:  Natr.  mur. 
undigested  food:  Ferr.  phos. 
Watery  mucus  coughed  or  vomited  up:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Weight  at  back  of  head:  Kali  phos. 
Yellow  crusts  on  scalp:   Calc.  sulph. 

Eyes. 

Abscess  of  cornea:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea,  Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 

Affections,  spasmodic,  of  eyelids:   Calc.  phos.,  Mag?ies.  phos. 

After  injuries  to  eye:   Calc.  sulph. 

Agglutination  of  lids:  Natr.  phos.,  Silicea. 

Amaurosis:   Calc.  phos. 

Amblyopia  after  suppressed  foot-sweat:  Silicea. 

diphtheria:  Kali  phos. 
Anterior  chamber,  pus  in:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur. ,  Silicea. 
Appearance,  staring,  excited:  Kali  phos. 

Asthenopia,  muscular:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Black  spots  before  eyes:  Kali  phos. 
Blepharitis:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Blisters  on  cornea:  Natr.  mur. 

Blister-like  granulations:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Bloodshot  eyes:  Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Blurring  of  eyes:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  fluor. 
Boils  around  lids:   Silicea. 
Burning  of  edges  of  eyelids:  Natr.  sulph. 

sensation  in  eyes:  Ferr.  phos. 
Cannot  use  eyes  by  gaslight:   Calc.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  2,2,9 

Canthi  inflamed:   Calc.  sulph. 

Cataract:   Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 

after  suppressed  foot-sweat:  Silicea. 

smoky  pus,  in  anterior  chamber:   Calc.  sulph. 
Chromatopsia:  Magnes.  phos. 
Ciliary  neuralgia:  Natr.  mur. 

over  right  eye:  Silicea. 
Conjunctiva  reddened  or  yellow:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Conj  unctivitis :   Calc.  fluor. ,  Ferr.  phos. ,  Kali  sulph. ,  Natr.  mur. , 
Natr.  phos. 

chronic:   Natr.  sulph. 

granular:  Natr.  phos. 

discharge,  white  mucus:  Natr.  mur. 
greenish:  Natr.  sulph. 
yellow,  creamy:  Natr.  phos. 

phlyctenular:   Calc.  sulph. 
Contracted  pupils:  Magnes.  phos. 

Cornea,  abscess  of:    Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea,  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 
first  stage:  Ferr.  phos. 

blisters  on:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 

opaque:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 

spots  on :   Calc.  fluor. ,  Natr.  sulph. 
white:  Natr.  mur. 

ulcers,  deep,  on:   Calc.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 

scrofulous:   Calc.  phos  ,  Natr.  mur. 
superficial,  flat:  Kali  mur. 

smoky:   Calc.  sulph. 
Crusts,  yellow,  on  eyelids:  Kali  sulph. 
Cystic  tumors  around  lids:  Silicea. 
Dark  spots  before  eyes:  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Deep  abscess  of  cornea:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Dimness  of  crystalline  lens:  Kali  sulph. 
Dimsightedness:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Diphtheria,  strabismus  or  squinting  after:  Kali  phos. 
Diplopia:  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Discharge  of  thick,  yellow  matter:   Calc.  sulph. 

clear  mucus:  Natr.  mur. 

white  mucus:  Kali  mur. 

green  pus:  Natr.  sulph. 

golden-yellow,  creamy  matter:   Natr.  phos. 


340  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Discharge  of  yellow,  greenish  matter:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 

Diseases  of  lachrymal  apparatus:  Silicea. 

Drooping  of  e3^elids:  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali phos. 

Dull  vision:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

Edges  of  eyelids  burn:  Natr.  sulph. 

Eruption  of  small  vesicles  about  eyes:  Natr.  mur. 

Excited,  staring  appearance  of  eyes:  Kali  phos. 

Eyes,  angles,  affections:  Silicea. 

become  blurred:  Kali  phos. 

bloodshot:  Natr. phos. 

burning  sensation  in:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

cannot  use  by  gas  light:   Calc.  phos. 

feeling  of  sand  in:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

flickering  before :   Calc.  Jluor. 

gauze  before:  Natr.  mur. 

inflammation  of,  with  acute  pain:  Ferr.  phos. 
dry:   Calc.  phos. 

discharge  of  thick,  yellow  mucus:   Calc.  sulph. 
without  secretion :  Ferr.  phos. 

staring  appearance  of:  Kali  phos. 

pain  over:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Magnes.  phos. 

red:  Ferr.  phos. 

sees  colors  before  eyes:  Magnes.  phos. 
sparks:   Calc.  Jluor. ,  Magnes.  phos. 

sensation  of  foreign  body  in:   Calc.   sulph. 

sensitive  to  light:  Magnes.  phos. 

sparks  before  eyes:   Calc.  fluor. ,  Magnes.  phos. 

twitch:  Kali  phos. 
Eyeball,  pains  in,  aggravated  by  moving  lids:  Ferr.  phos. 
Eyeballs  ache:   Calc.  jluor. 

pain  in,  aggravated  by  motion:  Ferr.  phos. 

soreness  of:  Kali  phos. 
Eyelids,  boils  around:  Silicea. 

burn:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

cystic  tumors  around:   Silicea,  Ferr.  phos. 

drooping  of:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

edges  of,  burn:  Natr.   sulph. 

glued  together:  Natr.  phos.,  Silicea,   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos., 
Natr.  mur.,  Calc. fluor. 

granular:  Natr.  mur. 


REPERTORY.  34 1 

Eyes,  itching:  Magnes.  phos. 

smarting  of:   Nair.  mur. 

sore:  Kali  phos. 

spasmodic  affections  of:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

specks  of  matter  on:  Kali  mur. 

styes  on:   Silicea. 

twitching  of:  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph. 

yellow  crusts  on:  Kali  sulph. 
Flat  ulcer  on  cornea:  Kali  mur. 
Flickering  before  eyes:   Calc.fluor. 
Foreign  body,  sensation  of:   Calc.  sulph. 
Gauze  before  eyes:  Natr.  mur. 
Glaucoma:'  Natr.  mur. 

Gluing  together  of  eyelids:   Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Granular  conjunctivis:  Nair.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

eyelids:  Natr.  mur. 
Granulations  look  like  small  blisters:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Greenish  discharge  from  eyes:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 
Hemiopia:   Calc.  s?tlph. 
Hypopyon:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur..  Silicea,  Kali  sulph.,  Natr. 

phos. 
Inflammation  of  canthi:   Calc  sulph. 

eyes:   Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 

dry:   Calc.  phos. 

discharge  of  yellow  matter:   Calc.  sulph. 

with  acute  pain :  Ferr.  phos. 

without  secretion :  Ferr.  phos. 
Iritis:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 
Keratitis,  parenchymatous:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 

pustular :   Calc.  sulph  ,  Silicea . 
Lachrymation:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 

acrid:  Natr.  mur. 

burning:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos. 

with  eruption  of  small  vesicles:  Natr.  mur. 

with  neuralgia:  Natr.  mur. 

worse  after  nitrate  of  silver:  Nair.   mur. 
Lachrymal  sac,  diseases  of:  Silicea. 

duct,  stricture  of:   Natr.  mur. 
Lens,  dimness  of:   Kali  sulph. 
Letters  run  together  when  reading:  Natr.  mur. 


342  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Lids.     (See  Eyelids.) 

Light,  sensitive  to.      (See  Photophobia.) 

Loss  of  perceptive  power  after  exhaustion:  Kali phos. 

diphtheria:  Kali  phos. 
Moving  eyes  aggravates  pain:  Ferr.  phos. 
Mucous  discharges,  white:  Kalimur. 

clear:  Natr.  mur 
Muscae  volitantes:  Silicea. 

Muscular  asthenopia:  Nat.  mur.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Neuralgia,  ciliary:  Natr.  mur. 

over  right  eye:  Silicea. 

periodical:  Natr.  mur. 

with  lachrymation:  Natr.  mur. 

relieved  by  warmth:  Magnes.  phos. 

supraorbital :  Magnes.  phos. ,  Ferr.  phos. 

worse  right  side:  Magnes.  phos. 
Nystagmus:   Magnes.  phos. 
Obstruction  of  tear-duct:  Natr.  mur. 
Onyx:  Kali  mur. 

Opaque  cornea:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Ophthalmia,  discharge  creamy:  Natr.  phos. 
thick  and  yellow:   Calc.  sulph. 

neonatorum :  Kali  sulph . 

scrofulous:  Natr.  phos. 
Orbits,  caries  of:  Silicea. 

pressure  and  soreness  in:  Silicea. 
Pain,  as  of  splinter:   Calc.  sulph. 

in  eyes:  Ferr.  phos. 

in  eyeball,  aggravated  by  moving  them:  Ferr.  phos. 

neuralgic:  Magnes. phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Parenchymatous  keratitis:   Calc.  phos.,  Kalimur. 
Perceptive  power  lost:  Kali  phos. 
Photophobia:  Calc.  sulph.,  Kalimur  ,  Magnes. phos.,  Natr.  mur., 

Natr.  sulph. ,  Calc.  phos. 
Photopsia:  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor. 
Ptosis:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Pupils  contracted:  Magnes.  phos. 

Purulent  discharge  from  eyes:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  sulph. 
Pus  in  anterior  chamber.     (See  Hypopyon.) 
Pustular  keratitis:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 


REPERTORY.  343 

Redness  of  eyes:  Ferr.  phos.,  ATair.  mur. 

Retinitis:    Calc.  sulph.  t  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 

Sand,  sensation  of,  in  eyes:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

Scalding  of  parts  about  eye:  Natr.  mur. 

Scrofulous  ophthalmia:  Natr.  phos. 

ulcers  of  cornea:  Natr.  mur. 
Sensation  of  foreign  body  in  eye:   Calc.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 

sticks  in  the  eye:  Kali  phos. 
Sensitiveness  to  light:  Magnes.  phos. 
Sight,  dim:  Natr.  phos. 

weak:  Kali  phos. 
Soreness  of  eyeballs:  Kali  phos. 

Spasmodic  affections  of  eyelids:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Sparks  before  eyes:   Calc.  fluor.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Specks  of  matter  on  eyelids:  Kali  mur. 
Spots  on  cornea:   Calc.  fluor. 

white:  Natr.  mur. 

dark :  Magnes.  phos. 
Squinting,  after  diphtheria:  Kali  phos. 
spasmodic:  Magnes.  phos. 
from  intestinal  irritation:  Natr.  phos. 
Staring,  excited  look:  Kali  phos. 
Strabismus:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Styes  on  eyelids:  Silicea,  Ferr.  phos. 
Superficial  flat  ulcers:  Kali  mur. 
Supraorbital  neuralgias:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Tarsal  tumors:  Silicea. 
Trachoma:  Kali  mur. 

Twitching  of  eyelids:  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
Ulcers  on  cornea,  deep:   Calc.  sulph. 

scrofulous;   Calc  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

superficial,  flat:  Kali  mtir. 
Vesicles,  eruption  of:  Natr.  mur. 
Vision,  affected,  sees  colors:  Magnes.  phos. 

blurred:   Calc. fluor. 

sparks:   Calc.  fluor.,  Magnes.  phos. 
dull:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Warmth  relieves  neuralgias:  Magnes.  phos. 
Weakness  of  sight:  Kali  phos. 
"When  reading,  letters  run  together:  Natr.  mur. 


344  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

White,  mucous  discharge  from  eyes:  Kali  mur. 
Yellow  conjunctiva:  Natr.  sulph. 

crusts  on  eyelids:  Kali  sulph. 

discharge  from  eyes:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur  ,  Kali  sulph. 
golden  and  creamy:  Natr.  phos. 

Ears. 

Aching  of  bones  around  ear:   Calc.  phos. 
Anaemic  subjects,  ear  troubles  in:  Ferr.  phos. 
Anchylosis  of  small  bones:  Ferr.  phos. 
Atrophic  ear  troubles:  Kali  phos. 

itching  in:  Kali  phos. 
Auditory  canal,  swollen:  Silicea,  Kali  mur. 
Blowing  nose,  cracking  noises  on:  Kali  mur. 
Bones  around  ear  ache:   Calc.  phos. 
Burning  of  ears:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Buzzing  in  the  ears:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Calcareous  deposits  on  tympanic  cavity:   Calc.  Jlnor. 
Catarrh  of  Eustachian  tube:  Kali  sulph  ,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 

tympanic  cavity:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 
Chronic  catarrhal   conditions  of  middle  ear:  Kali  mur.,  Kali 

sulph.,  Natr.  mur 
Cold  feeling  of  outer  ears:   Calc.  phos. 
Complaints,  rheumatic,  of  ears:   Calc.  phos. 
Confusion  in  ears:  Kali  phos. 
Congestive  stage  of  otitis:  Ferr.  phos. 
Cracking  noises  when  swallowing:  Kali  mur. 
chewing:  Natr.  mur. 

blowing  nose:  Kali  mur. 
Cutting  pains  in  ear:  Ferr.  phos. 

under  ear:  Kali  sulph. 
Damp  weather  aggravates  earache:  Natr.  sulph. 
Dark  redness  of  internal  parts:  Ferr.  phos. 
Deafness,  from  inflammatory  action:  Ferr.  phos. 

nerve  troubles:  Magnes.  phos. 

swelling  of  Eustachian  tubes:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph  ,  Silicea. 
external  ear:  Kali  7nur. 
glands  about  ears:  Kali  mur. 
inner  ear:  Kali  sulph. 
throat:  Kali  sulph. 


REPERTORY.  345 

Deafness  from  swelling  of  tympanic  cavity:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 

suppuration:     Calc.   sulph.,   Ferr.  phos.,   Silicea,   Kali  mur., 
Kali  phos . 
Deafness,  want  of  perception:  Kali  phos. 

worse  in  a  heated  room:  Kali  sulph. 
Deposit  of  calcareous  matter  on  tympanum:   Calc.  fluor. 
Diffused  inflammation:  Ferr.  phos. 
Discharges  from  ear,  bright  yellow:  Kali  phos. 

dirty:  Kali  phos. 

fetid:  Kali  phos. 
Discharges  from  ear,  giving  no  relief  to  pain:  Ferr.  phos. 

muco  purulent:  Ferr.  phos. 

offensive:  Kali  phos. 

purulent:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
mixed  with  blood:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 

thick,  pus-like:   Calc.  sulph. 

watery  matter:  Kali  sulph. 
Dulness  of  hearing:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 

from  nerve  troubles:  Magnes.  phos. 
Earache  with  burning  pain:  Ferr.  phos. 

discharge  of  yellowish  matter:  Kali  sulph. 

nervous  conditions:  Magnes.  phos. 

pulsations:  Ferr.  phos. 

sensation  of  something  forcing  its  way  out:  Natr.  sulph. 

sharp,  stitching  pain:  Ferr.  phos. 

swelling  of  the  glands:  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 

throbbing  pain :  Ferr.  phos. 

white  tongue :  Kali  mur. 

worse  in  damp  weather:  Natr.  sulph. 
Ears,  affections  of,  in  anaemic  people:  Ferr.  phos. 
scrofulous  children :   Calc.  phos. 
rheumatic  people:   Calc.  phos. 

atrophic,  troubles  of :  Kali  phos. 

burn:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

buzzing  in:  Kali  phos. 

cold  feeling  of  outer:   Calc.  phos. 

covered  with  thin  scabbing:  Natr.  phos. 

cracking  in:  Kali  mur. 

excessive  flow  of  blood  to  ear:  Ferr.  phos. 

external,  inflammation  of:  Silicea. 


346  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Ears  dry  and  scaly  epidermis:  Kali  ?)iur. 

tendency  to  atrophy  of  walls:  Kali  mur. 
swelling  of:  Kali  mur. 

heat  in:  Ferr.  phos. 

humming  in:  Kali  phos. 

inflammation  of,  after  bathing:  Silicea. 

itching  of:  Natr.  phos. 
in:  Natr.  mur. 

middle,  suppuration  of:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 

noises  in:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 

one  ear  red,  hot,  itching:  Natr.  phos. 

open  with  loud  report:  Silicea. 

pimples  around:   Calc.  sulph. 

pulsation  noticed  in  ear:  Ferr.  phos. 

ringing  in,  as  of  bells:  Natr.  sulph. 

roaring  in:   Natr.  mur. 

sharp,  cutting  pain  under:  Kali  sulph. 

snapping  in :  Kali  mur. 

sore  external :  Natr.  phos. 

stitches  in:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

stuffy  sensation  in:  Kali  mur. 

tension  and  throbbing  in:  Ferr.  phos. 
Eustachian    tubes,  catarrh  of:  Natr.    mur.,    Kali   mur.,   Kali 

sulph.,  Silicea. 

closed :  Kali  mur. 

swell  and  cause  deafness:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Excessive  flow  of  blood  to  ear:  Ferr.  phos. 

granulations  within  ear:  Kali  mur. 
Excrescence,  polypoid,  closing  ear:  Kali  sulph. 
Exfoliation,  moist,  of  tympanum:  Kali  mtir. 
External  meatus  swollen:  Silicea,  Kali  mur. 

walls  atrophied:  Kali  mur. 
Fetid  or  foul  discharges  from  ear:  Kali  phos. 
Glands  about  ear  swell:  Kali  mur. 
Granular  conditions  of  tympanum:  Kali  mur. 

pharyngitis:  Kali  mur. 
Granulations,  excessive:  Kali  mur. 
Hammering  in  the  ears:  Kali  phos. 
Heated  room  aggravates  deafness:  Kali  sulph. 
Hearing  supersensitive:  Kali  phos. 


REPERTORY.  347 

Inflammation,  diffused:  Ferr.  phos. 

of  external  ear:  Kali  mur..  Silicea,  Ferr.  phos. 

middle  ear,  proliferous:  Kalimur. 

with  burning,  throbbing  pain:  Ferr.  phos. 
Inflammatory  earache  from  cold:  Ferr.  phos. 
Itching  of  ears:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

in  auditory  canal:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Low  forms  of  ulceration:  Kali  phos. 
Mastoid  process,  caries  of:   Silicea. 

diseases  of:   Silicea. 

pains  below:  Kali  sulph. 

periosteum  diseased :   Calc.  fluor. 

swollen,  sore:  Ferr.  phos. 
Meatus  closed  by  polypoid  excrescence:  Kali  sulph. 

inner,  granular  conditions  of :  Kalimur. 
Membrana  tympana,  calcareous  deposits  on:   Calc.  fluor. 

dark,  beefy-red:  Ferr.  phos. 

calcareous  deposits  on:  Calc.  fluor. 

granular:  Kalimur. 

moist:  Kali  mur. 

retracted:  Kalimur. 

thickened:  Ferr.  phos. 

ulcerated:  Kali  phos. 

inflammation,  proliferous  of :  Kali  mur.,  M agues  phos. 
Middle  ear,  suppuration  of:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 

chronic  catarrhal  conditions:  Kalimur. 
Muco-purulent  discharges:  Ferr.  phos. 
Naso-pharyngeal  obstructions:  Kalimur. 
Nervous  otalgia:  Magyies.  phos. 

Noise,  oversensitive  to:  Silicea,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Noises  in  ears:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

on  blowing  nose:  Kali  mur. 

on  falling  asleep:  Kali  phos. 

on  swallowing,  cracking:  Kalimur.,  Natr.  mur. 
Noticeable  pulsation  in  the  ears:  Ferr.  phos. 
One  ear  red,  hot  and  itching:  Natr.  phos. 
On  falling  asleep,  noises:  Kali  phos. 
Otalgia,  inflammatory:  Ferr.  phos. 

nervous:  Magnes.  phos. 
Otitis,  congestive,  stage:  Ferr.  phos. 


348  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Otitis,  suppurative:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
Otorrhcea,  foul,  offensive:  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea,   Kali pkos.,  Calc. 

phos. 
Outer  ear  covered  with  thin  deposit:  Natr.  phos. 
Oversensitive  to  noise:  Silicea,  Ferr.  phos.]  Kali  phos. 
Pain,  burning:  Ferr.  phos. 

cutting  under  ear:  Kali  sulph. 

paroxysmal,  radiating  and  sharp:  Ferr.  phos. 

stitching:  Ferr.  phos. ,  Kali  sulph. 

tensive  below  mastoid  process:  Kali  sulph. 

throbbing:  Ferr.  phos. 
Parts  within  ear  dark-red :  Ferr.  phos. 
Periosteal  affections  of  mastoid  process:   Calc.  fluor. 
Pimples  around  ear:   Calc.  sulph. 
Polypoid  excrescence  closing  meatus:  Kali  sulph. 
Proliferous  inflammation   of  middle  ear:  Kali  mur.,  Magnes. 

phos. 
Pulsations  in  ear  can  be  counted:  Ferr.  phos. 
Purulent  discharge   from   ear:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos.,   Silicea, 
Calc.  sulph. 

offensive:  Kali  phos.,  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Radiating  pains:  Ferr.  phos. 
Retracted  tympanum:  Kali  mur. 
Rheumatic  ear  complaints:    Calc.  phos. 
Ringing  in  ears  as  of  bells:  Natr.  sulph. 
Roaring  in  the  ears:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Scrofulous  children,  ear  complaints  in:   Calc.  phos. 
Sharp  pains  in  ear:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

under  ear:  Kali  sulph. 
Snapping  in  ear:  Kali  mur. 
Soreness  of  ears:  Natr.  phos. 

Stinking  otorrhcea:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea,  Kali  sulph. 
Stitching  pains  in  ears:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Stuffy  sensation  in  ears:  Kali  mur. 

Suppuration  of  middle  ear:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
Swallowing,  cracking  noises  on:  Kali  mur. 
Swelling  of  Eustachian  tubes:  Kali  mur.,  Silicea. 

external  ear:  Kali  mur. 
meatus:  Silicea. 

glands  about  ears:  Kali  mur. 


REPERTORY.  249 

Swelling  of  throat:  Kalimur.,  Kali  sulph. 

tympanic  cavity:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Tendency  to  hemorrhage:  Ferr.  phos. 
Tension  in  ears:  Ferr.  phos. 
Throbbing  pain:  Ferr.  phos. 
Throat  swells:  Kalimur.,  Kali  sulph. 
Tinnitis    aurium:  Ferr.  phos.,    Kali  phos.,    Kali   mur.,    Natr. 

sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
Tissues  dry  up:  Kali  phos. 

become  scaly:  Kali  sulph. ,  Kali  mur. ,  Natr.  mur. ,  Calc.  phos. 
Tympanic  membrane,  calcareous  deposit  on:   Calc.fluor. 
granular:  Kali  mur. 
moist  exfoliation  of:  Kali  mur. 
retracted :  Kali  mur. 
Tympanum,   cavity  of,  catarrh:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  sulph.,   Kali 

mur. 
swollen:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
ulcerated:  Kalimur. 
Ulcerations,  angry:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

of  low  form:  Kali  phos. 
Ulcerations,  membrana  tympani:  Kali  phos. 
whitish  discharge:  Kali  mur. 

Nose. 

Acrid  discharge  from  nose:  Silicea. 
Adherent  crusts,  in  pharynx:  Kali  mur. 
Albuminous  discharge:   Calc.  phos. 
Anaemic  patients,  colds  in:   Calc.  phos. 
Bones  of  nose,  caries  of:  Silicea. 

diseased:    Calc.fluor. 
Burning  in  nose:  Natr.  sulph.. 
Caries  of  nasal  bones:  Silicea. 
Catarrhs:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kalimur. 

chronic:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 

dry  cold;  Kali  sulph. 

naso-pharyngeal:  Natr.  phos. 

oid  nasal,  with  loss  of  smell:  Natr.  mur. 

posterior  nares:  Natr.  phos. 

trickling  sensation:  Ferr.  phos. 

with  general  morning  aggravation:  Natr.  mur. 


350  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Catarrhal  fever:  Ferr.  phos. 

Colds  cause  vesicular  eruptions:  Natr.  mur. 

in  anaemic  subjects:   Calc.  phos. 

in  the  head:   Calc.  phos. ,  Calc.  fluor. ,  Calc.  sulph. ,  Ferr.  phos. , 
Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,  Magnes.  phos. 

predisposition  to:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

stuffy:   Calc.  fluor.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  sulph. 
Coldness  of  point  of  nose:   Calc.  phos. 
Congested  nasal  mucous  membrane:  Ferr  phos. 
Coryza,  chronic:  Silicea. 

clear  watery:  Natr.  mur. 

dry:   Calc.  fluor.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 

alternating  dry  and  loose:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

yellow,  slimy:  Kali  sulph. 
Coughing  produces  nosebleed:  Natr.  mur. 
Crusts  adhere  to  vault  of  pharynx:  Kali  mur. 

in  nose:   Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 

offensive,  yellow:  Kali  phos. 
Discharges,  acrid:  Silicea. 

albuminous:   Calc.  phos. 

clear:  Natr.  mur. 

corroding:  Silicea. 

fetid:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 

greenish:   Calc.  fluor.,  Kali  sulph. 

gushing:  Magnes.  phos. 

lumpy :   Calc.  fluor. 

non-transparent,  Kali  mur. 

offensive:   Calc.  fluor.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 

one-sided:   Calc.  sulph. 

opaque,  white:  Kali  mur. 

purulent:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

slimy:  Kali  sulph. 

taste  salty:  Natr.  mur. 

thick:   Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph.,  Kali 
phos. 

tinged  with  blood;   Calc.  sulph. 

viscous:  Kali  sulph. 

watery:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 

white:  Kali  mur. 

yellow:   Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.   sulph.,  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  phos., 
Kali  phos. 


REPERTORY.  35 1 

Dry  coryza:   Calc.fiuor.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 

old  catarrhs:  Kali  sulph. 
Dryness  of  mucous  membrane:  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

posterior  nares:  Natr.  mur. 
During  menses,  nosebleed:  Natr.  sulph. 
Edges  of  nostril  sore:   Calc.  sulph. 

Epistaxis:    Calc.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. ,  Kaliphos. ,  Kali  sulph.,  Natr. 
phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 

bright  red  blood:  Ferr.  phos. 

during  menses:   Natr.  sulph. 

from  coughing:  Natr.  mur. 

from  stooping:  Natr.  mur. 

in  children:  Ferr.  phos. 

predisposition  to:  Kali  phos. 
Eruptions,  vesicular,  with  colds:  Natr.  mur. 

herpetic,  around  nose:  Silicea. 
Excoriations  in  the  nose:  Silicea. 
First  stage  of  colds  in  the  head:  Ferr.  phos. 
Fetid  discharge  from  nose:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
Greenish  discharge:   Calc.fiuor.,  Kali  sulph. 
Growths,  osseous:   Calc.  fiuor. 

Hawking  of  mucus  from  posterior  nares:  Kali  phos. 
Hay  fever:   Natr.  mur. 
Ineffectual  desire  to  sneeze:   Calc.fiuor. 
Influenza:  Natr.  mur,,  Natr.  sulph. 
Itching  of  tip  of  nose:  Silicea,  Natr.  phos. 

wings  of  nose:  Natr.  sulph. 
Loss  of  sense  of  smell:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Mucous  membrane  congested:  Ferr.  phos. 

dry:   Silicea. 

swollen:  Silicea. 
Mucus  tastes  salty:  Natr.  mur. 
Nasal  bones,  affections  of:   Calc.  fiuor. 

caries  of:   Silicea. 

catarrh,  thick  discharge:   Calc.fiuor. 

hawks  up  salty  mucus:  Natr.  sulph. 

polypi,  large  and  pedunculated:   Calc.  phos. 
Nose,  cold  at  point:   Calc.  phos. 

crusts  in:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 

dryness  and  burning  in:  Natr.  sulph. 


352  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Nose,  excoriations  in:  Silicea. 

feels  numb  on  one  side:  Natr.  mur. 

itches  at  point:  Silicea,  Natr.  phos. 

wings  of:  Natr.  sulph. 

obstructed:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  sulph. 

one  side  numb:  Natr.  mtir. 

picking  at:  Natr.  phos. 

redness  of,  with  pimples:  Natr.  mur. 

stuffing  up  of:    Calc.  fluor.,   Kali  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,   Kali 
sulph. 

swollen  and  scabs  and  scurfs  in:  Natr.  mur. 

ulcerated  in  scrofulous  people:   Calc.  phos. 
Nosebleed:    Calc.  sulph.,   Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Kali  sulph., 
Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur., 
Calc.  phos. 

after  blowing  thick  yellow  crusts  from  nose:  Kali  phos. 

afternoons:  Kali  mur. 

bright-red  blood :  Ferr.  phos. 

during  menses:  Natr.  sulph. 

from  coughing  or  stooping:  Natr.  mur. 

in  children:  Ferr.  phos. 

predisposition  to:  Kali  phos. 
Nostrils,  itching  of:  Silicea. 

soreness  of:   Calc.  phos. ,  Calc.  sulph . 
Obstruction  of  nose:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 
Odor,  offensive,  from  nose:   Calc.  fluor.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Osseous  growths:   Calc.  fluor. 
Ozaena:   Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea,  Kali  sulph. 

syphilitica:  Natr.  sulph. 
Periosteum  of  nasal  bones  affected:  Silicea. 
Perverted  sense  of  smell:  Magnes.  phos. 
Pharynx,  adherent  crusts  in:  Kali  mur. 
Picking  at  nose:  Natr.  phos. 
Pimples  on  nose:  Natr.  mur. 
Point  of  nose  cold:   Calc.  phos. 
Polypi,  large  and  pedunculated:   Calc.  phos. 
Posterior  nares  dry:  Natr.  mur. 

hawking  of  mucus  from:  Kali  phos. 

yellow  discharge  from:  Kali  sulph. 
Predisposition  to  catch  cold:  Ferr.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  353 

Predisposition  to  nosebleed:  Kali phos. 
Pricking  in  nares:  Natr.  phos. 
Redness  of  nose:  Natr.  mur. 

at  point:  Silicea. 
Running  colds:  Natr.  mur. 
Scabs  in  nose:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
Scrofulous  children,  nasal  affections  in:   Calc.  phos. 
Scurf  in  nose:  Natr.  mur. 
Smarting:  Magnes.  phos. 

in  right  nasal  passage:  Ferr.  phos. 
Smell  lost  or  perverted:  Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur., 

Silicea. 
Sneezing:   Silicea,  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

from  slightest  exposure:  Kali  phos. 

ineffectual  desire  for:   Calc.fiuor. 
Stooping  produces  nosebleed:  Natr.  mur. 
Stuffy  colds:   Calc.fiuor.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Swelling  of  mucous  membrane:  Silicea. 
Swollen  nose  in  scrofulous  children:   Calc.  phos. 
Syphilitic  ozaena:  Natr.  sulph. 
Tip  of  nose  cold:   Calc.  phos. 

red  and  itches:  Silicea. 
Ulcerated  nose  in  scrofulous  children:   Calc.  phos. 
Ulceration  of  nose,  inveterate:  Silicea,  Kali  phos. 
Vesicular  eruption  with  colds:  Natr.  mur. 
White  around  nose:  Natr.  phos. 
Wings  of  nose  itch:  Natr.  sulph. 

Face. 

Acne:    Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Silicea,  Kali  sulph. 

After  quinine,  neuralgia:  Natr.  mur. 

Aggravation  of  face  symptoms  at  night:   Calc.  phos. 

Anaemic  face:   Calc.  phos. 

Blotched  face:  Natr.  phos. 

Bluish  face:  Natr.  phos. 

Caries  of  lower  jaw:  Silicea. 

Cheeks,  swelling  of:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 

hard  swelling  of :   Calc.fiuor. 

hot  and  sore:  Ferr.  phos. 
Chin,  eruptions  on:  Natr.  mur. 
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354  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Chlorotic  face:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

Cold  sores  on  lips,  small:    Calc.  fluor.,  Natr.  mur. 

Cold  applications  relieve:  Ferr.  phos. 

Complexion.     (See  Face.) 

Contortions  from  loss  of  power  of  facial  muscles:  Kali  phos. 

Countenance,  hippocratic:  Kali  phos. 

Cracking  of  skin  of  face:  Silicea. 

Cutting  pains  in  face:  Magnes.  phos. 

Dirty  look  to  face:   Calc.  phos. 

Earthy  face:    Calc.  phos.,  Silicea,  Ferr.  phos. 

Epithelioma:  Kali  sulph. 

Eruptions,  herpetic:   Calc.  sulph. 

sycotic:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Eyes,  sunken,  hollow:  Kali  phos. 
Face,  anaemic:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

blotched  and  bluish:  Natr.  phos. 

burning:  Kali  phos. 

chlorotic:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

covered  with  vesicles:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 

cracked:  Silicea. 

dirty-looking:   Calc.  phos. 

earthy:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Silicea. 

features  distorted:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 

florid:  Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

flushed:  Ferr.  phos. 

full  of  pimples:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
if  matter  forms:   Calc.  sulph. 

greasy:   Calc. phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

greenish -white:   Calc.  phos. 

herpetic  eruptions  on:   Calc.  sulph. 

itches:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

jaundiced:  Natr.  sulph. 

leaden:  Natr.  mur. 

livid:  Kali  phos. 

pale:  Kali  phos.,    Silicea,   Natr.   sulph.,   Natr.  mur.,  Natr. 
phos. ,  Calc.  phos. ,  Kali  sulph. ,  Ferr.  phos. 

pimples  on:  Kali  phos. 

prominent  parts  cold:   Calc.  phos. 

pustules  on:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
forehead:  Natr.  mur. 


REPERTORY.  ,  c  c 

Face,  red:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 
red,  with  distorted  features:  Kali  sulph. 
sallow:    Kali  phos.,  Natr.   mur.,  Natr.    sulph.,    Calc.  phos., 

Ferr.  phos. 
sickly  and  sunken :  Kali  phos. 
sweats  while  eating:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

cold :   Calc.  phos. 
swelling  of:  Kali  mur. 
vesicles  over:  Natr.  sulph. 
waxy :   Calc.  phos. 
white  about  nose:  Natr.  mur. 
yellowish:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
Faceache,  aggravated  when  body  gets  cold:  Magnes.  phos. 
on  right  side:  Magnes.  phos. 
after  going  to  bed:  Magnes.  phos. 
in  heated  room:  Kali  sulph. 
in  the  evening:  Kali  sulph. 
on  moving:  Ferr.  phos. 
ameliorated  in  cool  open  air:  Kali  sulph. 

cold  applications:  Kali  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 
by  warmth:  Magnes.  phos.,  Silicea. 
from  swelling:  Kali  mur. 
in  superior  maxillary  bone:   Calc.  phos. 
right  side  of  lower  jaw:  Natr.  phos. 
neuralgic:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
pain  in  zygoma:  Natr.  sulph. 
with  constipation:  Natr.  mur. 
coldness  of  nape:  Ferr.  phos. 
great  exhaustion:   Kali  phos. 
flushing:  Ferr.  phos. 
lumps  or  nodules  on  face:  Silicea. 
Falling  out  of  whiskers:  Natr.  mur. 
Forehead,  pustular  eruption  on:  Natr.  mur. 
Freckles:    Calc.  phos. 
Greasy-looking  face:   Calc.  phos. 
Greenish- white  face:   Calc.  phos. 
Hard-swelling  on  the  cheek:   Calc.fiuor. 

j awbone :   Calc.  fluor. 
Heated  room  aggravates  faceache:  Kali  sulph. 
Herpetic  eruptions  on  face:   Calc.  sulph.,  Natr.  mm. 


356  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Hippocratic  countenance:  Kali phos. 

Hot  cheeks:  Ferr.  phos. 

Induration  of  cellular  tissues  of  face:  Silicea. 

Inflammatory  neuralgia:  Ferr.  phos. 

Itching  of  face:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

Jaundiced  face:  Natr.  sulph. 

Jawbone,  caries  of:  Silicea. 

hard  swelling  on :   Calc.  fluor. 

necrosis  of:  Silicea. 
Jerking  pains  in  face:  Magnes.  phos. 
Lachrymation  with  neuralgia:  Natr.  mur. 
Leaden  face:  Natr.  mur. 
Lips,  cold  sores  on:   Calc.  fluor.,  Natr.  mur. 

hydroa  on:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

skin  peeling  off:  Kali  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 

lower,  swollen:  Kali  sulph. 

tumors  on:  Silicea. 

white:  Kali  sulph. 

upper,  swollen  and  painful:  Calc.  phos. 
Livid  face:  Kali  phos. 

Loss  of  power  of  facial  muscles:  Kali  phos. 
Lumps  or  nodules  on  face:  Silicea. 
Lupus:   Silicea,  Calc.  phos. 
Necrosis  of  jawbone:  Silicea. 
Neuralgia,  after  quinine:  Natr.  mur. 

(See  also  Faceache. ) 
Pain  aggravated  after  going  to  bed:  Magnes.  phos. 

cutting:  Magnes. phos. 

in  cheeks:  Kali  mtir. 

in  superior  maxillary  bone:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
I       jerking:  Magnes.  phos. 

like  lightning:  Magnes.  phos. 

pressing:  Ferr.  phos. 

relieved  by  warmth:  Magnes.  phos. 
cold:  Kali  phos. 

throbbing :  Ferr.  phos. 
Pale  face:  Kali  phos.,   Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  phos.,    Silicea,   Natr. 

mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 
Pimples  and  pustules  on  face:   Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali 
mur. ,  Natr.  sulph. ,  Natr.  mur. 


REPERTORY.  ,ry 

Prosopalgia:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

Rheumatism  in  face:   Calc.  phos. 

Red  face:  Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

Sallow  face:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 

Sickly  face:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

Skin  of  face  cracks:  Silicea.  . 

Sores,  cold:   Calc.  fiuor.,  Natrum  mur. 

cheeks:  Ferr.  phos. 

herpetic,  hard,  on  lips:   Calc.fluor. 
Spasmodic  neuralgia:  Magnes.  phos. 
Sunken  face:  Kali  phos. 

Suppuration  of  cheek  threatens:   Calc.  sulph. 
Superior  maxillary  bone,  pain  in:   Calc.  phos. 
Sweating  while  eating:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
Sweat,  cold,  on:   Calc.  phos. 
Swelling  of  cheeks:  Kali  mur. 
hard:   Calc.  fiuor. 

j  awbone :   Calc.  fiuor. 

parotid  gland:   Calc.  phos. 

submaxillary  gland :   Calc.  phos. 

upper  lip:   Calc.  phos. 
Sycosis:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Throbbing  of  face:  Ferr.  phos. 
Tic  douloureux:  Ferr.  phos. 
Vesicles  on  face:  Natrum  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Warmth  relieves  faceache:  Magnes.  phos. 
Whiskers  fall  out:  Natr.  mur. 
White  about  nose:  Natr.  phos. 
Yellowish  face:    Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 

Mouth. 

Acid  taste:  Natr.  phos  ,  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Aphthae:  Kali  mur. 

caused  by  using  borax:  Natr.  szilph. 

with  much  salivation:  Natr.  mur. 
Ashy-gray  ulcers  in  mouth:  Kali  phos. 
Bitter  taste:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  mur. . 
Blisters,  pearl-like,  at  corners:  Natr.  mur. 
Breath,  fetid:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

offensive:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.   mur. 


358  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Burning  cracks  in  lips:  Natr.  mur. 

heat  in:  Kali  sulph. 
Canker:  Kaliphos.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 

gangrenous:  Kali phos.,  Silicea. 

water:  Kali  phos. 
Children,  white  ulcers  in  mouth  of:  Kali  mur. 
Coating,  yellow  and  creamy,  on  roof:  Natr.  phos. 
Cold  sores  at  corners  of  mouth:   Calc.  fluor. 
Corners  of  mouth,  convulsive  twitchings  of:  Magnes  phos. 

cold  sores  at :   Calc.  fluor. 

cracked:  Natr.  mur. 

humid  sores  at:  Natr.  mur. 

ulcerated:  Silicea. 
Desquamation  of  lips:  Kali  sulph. 
Disgusting  taste:   Calc.  phos. 
Drooling:  Natr.  mur. 
Dryness  of  lips:  Kali  sulph. 
Epithelioma:  Kali  sulph. 
Excoriation  of  mouth:  Kali  mur. 
Fetid  breath:  Kali  phos. 
Gangrenous  canker:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
Glands,  salivary,  suppurate:  Silicea. 
Gum- boil:   Calc.  fluor.,  Silicea,  Kah  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 
Gums,  bleed  on  brushing  teeth:   Calc.  sulph. 

blisters  on:  Natr.  sulph. 

hot  and  inflamed:  Ferr.  phos. 

spongy  and  receding:  Kali  phos. 

white:  Kali  sulph. 
Hard  swelling  of  jawbone:   Calc.  fluor. 
Hot,  inflamed  gums:  Ferr.  phos. 
Hydroa  on  lips:  Kali  phos. 
Inflammation  of  glands,  salivary:  Natr.  ?nur. 

gums:  Ferr.  phos. 
Insides  of  lips  sore:   Calc.  sulph. 
Jawbone,  hard  swelling  on:   Calc.  fluor. 
Lips,  cracks  in:  Natr.  mur. 

painful  and  burning:  Natr.  mur. 

sore  inside  of:   Calc.  sulph. 

swollen:  Natr.  mur. 
Lockjaw:  Magnes.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  359 

Lower  lip,  desquamation  of:  Kali  sulph. 

dryness  of:  Kali  sulph. 

swollen:  Kali  sulph. 
Mouth,  blisters  around:  Natr.  mur. 

canker  of :  Kali  mur.,  Kali phos. 

gangrenous:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
water:  Kali  phos. 
cracked:  Natr.  mur. 

corners  of,  twitch:  Magnes.  phos. 
ulcerated:  Silicea. 
Mouth,  full  of  slime:  Natr.  sulph. 

heat  in :  Kali  sulph . 

pimples  and  sore  crusts  around:  Kali  phos. 

rawness  and  redness  of:  Kali  -mur. 

roof  of,  sore  to  touch:  Natr.  sulph. 

vesicular  eruption  around:  Natr.  sulph. 

welling  up  of  mucus  in:  Natr.  sulph. 

while  eating:   Calc.  sulph. 

white  ulcers  in:  Kali  mur. 

yellow,  creamy  coating  on  roof:  Natr.  phos. 
Mucous  membrane,  reddened:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Noma:  Kali  phos. 

Nursing  mothers,  ulcers  in  mouth  of:  Kali  mur. 
Offensive  breath:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Painful  cracks  in  lips:  Natr.  mur. 
Perforating  ulcer  of  palate:  Silicea. 
Ranula :  Natr.  mur. 
Rawness  of  mouth:  Kali  mur. 

Redness  of  mucous  membrane:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Salivary  glands,  inflammation  of:  Natr.  mur. 

suppuration  of:  Silicea. 
Salivation:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
Sores  in  commissures:  Natr.  mur. 
Stomatitis  :  Kali  phos. 
Swelling,  hard,  on  jawbone:   Calc.  fluor. 
Thrush:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 
Trismus  :  Magnes.  phos. 
Twitchings  of  corners:  Magnes.  phos. 
Ulcers  in  mouth,  ashy-gray:  Kali  phos. 

in  corners:  Silicea. 


360  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Ulcers  in  mouth,  perforating:  Silicca. 

white:   Kali  mur. 
Uvula  relaxed:  Natr.  mur. 
Uvulitis  :  Natr.  mur. 
White  ulcers  in  mouth:  Kali  mur. 
Yellow,  creamy  coating  of  roof  of  mouth:  Natr.  phos. 

Tongue  and  Taste. 

Acid  taste:  Natr.  phos. 

Acrid  taste:   Calc.  sulph. 

Bitter  taste:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 

in  morning:   Calc.  phos. 
Blisters  on  tip  of  tongue:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
Brownish  tongue:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Bright  red,  with  rawness:  Mag?ies.  phos. 
Clay-colored  tongue:   Calc.  sulph. 

Clean  tongue:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Coating  on  tongue,  brownish:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

clay  colored:   Calc.  sulph. 

creamy:  Natr.  phos. 

dirty:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 

frothy:  Natr.  mur. 

golden-yellow :  Natr.  phos. 

grayish-green:  Natr.  sulph. 

grayish:  Kali  mur. 

green:  Natr.  sulph. 

moist:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 

slimy:    Kali  sulph.,    Natr.   mur.,    Natr.  sulph..    Kali  phos., 
Kali  mur. 
Coating  on  tongue,  white-furred:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
on  edges:  Kali  sulph. 

yellow:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  phos. 
at  base:   Calc.  sulph. 
Coppery  taste:  Natr.  phos. 
Cracked  tongue:   Calc.  fluor. 
Creamy  coating  on  tongue:  Natr.  phos. 
Dark-red  swelling  of  tongue:  Ferr.  phos. 
Dirty  tongue:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Kali  sulph 
Dry  tongue:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Edges  covered  with  froth:  Natr.  mur. 


REPERTORY.  361 

Edges  red  and  sore:  Kali  phos. 

white:  Kali  sulph. 
Flabby  tongue:   Calc.  sulph. 
Frothy  saliva  on  tongue:  Natr.  mur. 
Furred  tongue:  Ferr.  phos. 
Glossitis  :  Ferr.  phos. 

suppuration  in:   Calc.  sulph. 
swelling  in:  Kali  mur. 
Golden-yellow  coating  on  tongue:  Natr.  phos. 
Grayish  tongue:   Kali  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Greenish  tongue:  Natr.  sulph. 
Hair,  sensation  of,  on:   Silicea,  Natr.  mur. 

tip:  Natr.  phos. 
Induration  of  tongue:   Calc.  fiuor. ,  Silicea. 
Inflammation  of  tongue:  Ferr.  phos. 

with  dryness:  Kali  phos. 
Inflammation,  suppuration:   Calc.  sulph. 

swelling:  Kali  mur. 
Insipid  taste  :  Kali  sulph. 
Loss  of  taste  :  Aratr.  mur. 
Mapped  tongue  :  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 
Moist,  creamy  coating  on  tongue:  Natr.  phos. 
Numb  tongue:    Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Pappy  taste  :   Calc.  sulph. 
Red  tongue  :  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Saliva,  bubbles  of,  on  tongue:  Natr.  mur. 

Sensation  as  if  tongue  would  cleave  to  roof  of  mouth:  Kali  phos. 
of  hair  on:   Silicea,  Natr.  mur. 
tip:  Natr.  phos. 
Slimy  coating  on  tongue:   Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  sulph. 
Soapy  taste  :   Calc  sulph. 
Sour  taste  :   Calc.  sulph. 
Speech  difficult :  Natr.  phos. 
Stiff  tongue  :   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Swelling,  dark-red,  of  tongue:  Ferr.  phos. 
Swollen  tongue:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Talk,  slow  in  learning  to:  Natr.  mur. 
Taste,  acid:  Natr.  phos. 
acrid:   Calc.  sulph. 
bitter:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 


362  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Taste,  bitter  in  the  morning:    Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.  phos. 

coppery:  Natr.  phos. 

disgusting:   Calc.  phos. 

insipid:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  sulph. 

loss  of :  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 

pappy:  Kali  sulph. 

soapy:   Calc.  sulph. 

sour:   Calc.  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
Tip  of  tongue,  blisters  on:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

sensation  of  hair  on:   Natr.  phos.,  Silicea,  Natr.  mur. 

vesicles  on:  Natr.  mur. 
Tongue,  brownish:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

clay  colored:   Calc.  sulph. 

clean:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

covered  with  saliva:  Natr.  mur. 

cracked :   Calc .  fluor. 

creamy  coating  on  root:  Natr.  phos. 

dark-red  swelling  of:  Ferr.  phos. 

dirt}7:  Natr.  sulph. 

dry:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

edges  red  and  sore:  Kali  phos. 

flabby:  Ferr.  phos. 

furred:  Ferr.  phos.,   Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,    Kali  sulph. 
Kali  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 

golden-yellow:  Natr.  phos. 

greenish:  Natr.  sulph. 

induration  of:   Calc.  fluor.,  Silicea. 

inflamed :  Ferr.  phos. 

with  dryness:  Kali  phos. 

suppuration:   Calc.  sulph. 
swelling:  Kali  mur. 

mapped:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 

moist:  Natr.  phos. 

numb:    Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

pimples  on :   Calc.  phos. 

red:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

saliva,  covered  with:  Natr.  mur. 

scalded,  as  if:   Magnes.  phos. 

sensation  of  hair  on:  Silicea,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 

slimy:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 


REPERTORY.  363 

Tongue,  stiff:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

swollen:    Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 

ulcers  on :  Silicea . 

vesicles  on:  Natr.  mur. 

white:   Calc.  phos. ,  Kali  mur. ,  Kali  sulph. 
on  edges:  Kali  sulph. 

yellow  at  base:   Calc.  sulph. 
Ulcers  on  tongue:  Silicea. 
Vesicles  on  tip  of  tongue:  Natr.  mur. 
White  coating  on:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 

edges:  Kali  sulph. 
Yellow  at  base:   Calc.  sulph. 

Teeth  and  Gums. 

After  warm  food,  toothache:  Ferr.  phos. 

Articulation  slow:  Kali  phos. 

Bleeding  of  gums:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

Brown  deposit  on  teeth:  Kali  phos. 

Chattering  of  teeth,  nervous:  Kali  phos. 

Complaints  during  teething:   Calc.  phos. 

Convulsions  during  teething:  Fen.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc. 

phos. 
Cool  open  air  relieves  toothache:  Kali  sulph. 
Cramps  during  teething:  Magnes.  phos. 
Decay  of  teeth,  pain  in:  Kali  phos. 
Dentition,  complaints  during:   Calc.  phos. 

convulsions  during:  Magnes.  phos. 

cramps  during:  Mag?ies.  phos. 

difficult:   Silicea. 

delayed:   Calc.  phos. 

with  dribbling  of  saliva:   Natr.  mur. 
fever:  Ferr.  phos. 
Dental  fistulae:  Silicea. 
Drooling:  Natr.  mur. 

Easily  bleeding  gums:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
Enamel  of  teeth  deficient:   Calc.fluor. 

rough :   Calc.  fluor. 
Fistula  dentalis:  Silicea. 
Grinding  of  teeth:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Gums,  bleed  easily:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  sulph. 


364  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Gums,  blisters  on:  Natr.  sulph. 

burn:  Natr.  sulph. 

inflamed :   Calc.  phos. 

pale:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 

painful:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 

predisposition  to  bleed:  Kali  phos. 

red  seam  on:  Kali  phos. 

sensitive:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 

to  touch,  cold  or  water:  Magnes.  phos. 

spongy,  receding:  Kali  phos. 

ulcerated:  Natr.  mur. 

white:  Kali  sulph. 
Gum-boil  before  matter  forms:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 

with  hard  swelling:   Calc.  fluor. 

suppuration:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Inarticulate  speech:  Kali  phos. 
Inflamed  gums:   Calc.  phos. 

Looseness  of  teeth:   Calc.  fluor.,  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Malnutrition  of  teeth:   Calc.  fluor. 
Nervous  chattering  of  teeth:  Kali  phos. 
Painful  gums:   Calc.  phos. 
Pale  gums:   Calc.  phos. 
Ranula:  Natr.  mur. 
Red  seam  on  gums:  Kali  phos. 
Rheumatic  toothache:   Calc.  sulph. 
Salivation  with  toothache:  Natr.  mur. 
Salivary  glands,  inflammation  of:  Natr.  mur. 
Sensitive  gums:  Natr.  mur. 

to  pressure  or  touch:  Ferr.  phos. 
Soreness  of  teeth:  Kali  phos. 
Speech  slow  and  inarticulate:  Kali  phos. 
Smoking  relieves  toothache:  Natr.  sulph. 
Teeth,  ailments  of,  during  pregnancy:    Calc.  phos. 

decay  rapidly :   Calc.  phos. 

develop  slowly:   Calc  phos. 

feel  sore:  Kali  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

grinding  of,  during  sleep:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

loose:    Calc.  fluor.,  Natr.,  viur.,  Silicea. 

malnutrition  of:   Calc.  fluor. 

nervous  chattering  of:  Kali  phos. 


REPERTORY.  ,g,- 

Teeth,  sensitive:   Calc.  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali phos. 

too  long:  Ferr.  phos. 
Teething.     (See  Dentition.) 
Teething  ailments  during  pregnancy:   Calc.  phos. 
Tobacco-smoke  relieves  toothache:  Natr.  sulph. 
Toothache,  aggravated  at  night:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 

by  cold  things:  Magnes.  phos. 

by  food :    Calc.  fluor. 

in  the  evening:  Kali  sulph. 

in  warmth:  Kali  sulph. 
after  going  to  bed:  Magnes.  phos. 
alternates  with  frontal  headache:  Kali  phos. 
ameliorated  by  cold :  Ferr.  phos. 

water:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

cool  air:   Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  sulph. 

hot  liquids:  Magnes.  phos. 

tobacco-smoke:  Natr.  sulph. 
boring  pain :   Calc.  phos. 
caused  by  chilling  of  feet:  Silicea. 
changes  place  rapidly:  Magnes.  phos. 
congestive:  Ferr.  phos. ,  Magnes.  phos. 
inflammatory:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
neuralgic:  Magnes.  phos. 
pains,  boring:   Calc.  phos. 

tingling:   Calc.  phos. 

shift:  Magnes.  phos. 
rheumatic:   Calc.  sulph. 
salivation,  with:  Natr.  mur. 
shooting:  Magnes.  phos. 
with  dental  fistula:  Silicea. 

easily  bleeding  gums:  Kali  phos. 

involuntary  flow  of  tears:  Natr.  mur. 

looseness  of  teeth:   Calc.  fluor. 

swollen  cheek:  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph. 
hot  cheek :  Ferr.  phos. 
Ulceration  of  gums  :  Natr.  mur. 

Throat. 

Abscess  of  tonsils:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
pharynx:  Ferr.  phos. 


366  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Adherent  crusts  in  pharynx:  Kali  mur. 
Burning  of  throat:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
Choking  sensation  in  throat:  Magnes.  phos. 
Chronic  sore  throat:  Natr.  mur. 
dryness  of  throat:  Natr.  mur. 
Clergyman's  sore  throat:   Calc.  phos. 
Congestion  of  throat:  Ferr.  phos. 
Constriction  of  throat,  spasmodic:  Magnes.  phos. 
Croup  :  Ferr.  phos. ,  Kali  rmir. ,  Calcflzior. ,  Calc.  phos. ,  Kali  phos. 
Crusts  in  pharynx:   Kali  mur. 
Deafness  in  tonsillitis:   Calc.  phos. 
Deglutition  painful:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

must  swallow:  Magnes.  phos. 
Desire  to  swallow,  constant:  Kali  phos. 
Diphtheria:  after-effects  of:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
false:  Natr.  phos. 
first  stage:  Ferr.  phos. 
of  soft  palate:   Calc.  sulph. 
principal  remedy:  Kali  mur. 
when  it  goes  to  trachea:   Calc.  Jluor.,  Calc.  phos. 
with  drowsiness:  Natr.  mur. 
with  green  vomiting:  Natr.  sulph. 
puffy,  pale  face:  Natr.  mur. 
watery  stools:  Natr.  mur. 
Dropping  from  posterior  nares:  Magnes.  phos. 
Dry  throat:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Enlargement  of  throat:  Natr.  mur. 
Fauces  inflamed:  Ferr.  phos. 
painful:  Ferr.  phos. 
red :  Ferr.  phos. 
swollen:   Calc.  sulph. 
Feeling  of  lump  in  throat  on  swallowing:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr. 

phos. ,  Natr.  mur. 
Follicular  pharyngitis  :  Kali  mur. ,  Natr.  mur. 
Gangrenous  sore  throat :  Kali  phos. 

Glands  swollen:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  phos., 
Kali  sulph. 
external,  painful:   Calc.  phos. 
submaxillary,  swollen:  Natr.   mur. 
suppurate:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 


REPERTORY.  ■   367 

Glottis,  spasms  of:  Magnes.  phos. 

Goitre:    Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor.,  Silicea,  Natr.  p/ws. 

with  watery  secretions:  Natr.  mur. 
Heat  in  throat:  Ferr.  phos. 
Hawks  up  offensive,  cheesy  lumps:  Kali  mur. 

salty  mucus:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Inflammation  of  fauces:  Ferr.  phos. 

throat:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
tonsils:  Ferr.  phos. 
Laryngismus  stridulus  :  Magnes.  phos. 

Lump,  feeling  of,  when  swallowing:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos. 
Malignant  conditions  of  throat:  Kali  phos. 
Membranous  exudation  in  throat:  Kali  mur. 
Mucus,  tough,  in  throat:  Kali  sulph. 
Mumps,  with  hawking  up  of  salty  mucus:  Natr.  mur. 
salivation:  Natr.  mur. 
swelling  of  parotids:  Kali  mur. 
On  swallowing,  feeling  of  lump:  Natr.  sulph. 

liquids,  constriction:  Magnes.  phos. 

painful:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Painful  deglutition:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 

fauces:  Ferr.  phos. 

throat :  Ferr.  phos. 
Palate  inflamed:  Ferr.  phos. 

sensitive:  Natr.  sulph. 

yellow  coating  on:  Natr.  phos. 
Paralysis,  post-diphtheritic:  Natr.  mur. 

of  vocal  cords:  Kali  phos. 

velum  pendulum  palati:  Silicea. 
chronic:  Silicea. 
Pharyngitis,  follicular:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 
Pharyngeal  abscess:  Ferr.  phos. 
Pharynx,  adherent  crusts  in:  Kali  mur. 
Posterior  nares,  dropping  from:  Natr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Quinsy,  discharging  pus:   Calc.  sulph. 

periodical:  Silicea. 
Red  fauces  :  Ferr.  phos. 
Relaxed  sore  throat:   Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor. 

uvula:  Natr.  mtir. 

causes  cough:   Calc.  fluor. 


368  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Salty  mucus  raised  from  throat:  Kali phos. 
Sensation  of  choking:   Magnes.  phos. 
Speech,  nasal,  slow:  Kali  phos. 
Spasms  of  glottis:  Magnes.  phos. 
Suffocative  feeling  in  throat:  Magnes.  phos. 
Swallow,  constant  desire  to:  Kali  phos. 

must:  Magnes.  phos. 
Swollen  glands:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Syphilitic  sore  throat:  Kali  mur. 
Throat,  burning  in:  Ferr.  phos. 

congested:  Ferr.  phos. 

constriction  in:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

covered  with  transparent  mucus:  Natr.  mur. 
tough  mucus:  Kali  sulph. 

dry:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 

feeling  of  plug  or  lump  in:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr. 

phos. 
ball,  hysterical,  in:  Kali  phos. 

gangrenous:  Kali  phos. 

grayish  patches  in:  Kali  mur. 

heat  in:  Ferr.  phos. 

inflamed:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

malignant  conditions  in:  Kali  phos. 

pains:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

red :  Ferr.  phos. 

relaxed :   Calc.  phos. ,  Calc.  fluor. 

sensation  of  lump  in:  Natr.  phos. 

sore  and  stiff:  Magnes.  phos. 

sore,  of  singers:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

spasmodic  constriction  of:  Magnes.  phos. 

stitches  in:  Natr.  mur. 

suppuration  of :   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

swollen:  Kali  mur. 

throbbing  in:  Ferr.  phos. 

tickling  in :   Calc.  fluor. 

tough  mucus  in:  Kali  sulph. 

ulcerated:  Ferr.  phos.,   Kali  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
Thyroid  gland  enlarged:  Silicea,  Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor.,  Natr. 

mur. 
Tonsils  enlarged:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 


REPERTORY.  369 

Tonsils  inflamed:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali phos. 
periodically:  Silicea. 
with  deafness:   Calc.  phos. 
inflamed,  with  deafness,  much  swelling:  Kali  mur. 
pain  on  opening  mouth:  Calc.  phos. 
suppuration:   Calc.  sulph  ,  Silicea. 
sore:  Kali  phos. 
white  deposit  on:  Kali  phos. 
yellow  coating  on :  Natr.  phos. 
Ulcerated  throat:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Uvula  elongated:   Calc.fluor.,  Natr.  mur. 
causes  cough:   Calc.  fiuor. 
relaxed:  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  fluor. 
Uvulitis:  Natr.  mur. 
Voice,  loss  of:  Kali  phos. 

sudden  and  shrill :   Magnes.  phos. 
Yellow  coating  on  palate:  Natr.  phos. 

mucus  drops  from  posterior  nares:  Natr.  phos. 

Gastric  Symptoms. 

Acids,  sensitive  to:  Magnes.  phos. 
Acidity:  Natr.  phos. 

After  eating,  regurgitation  of  food:  Magnes.  phos. 
Appetite,   increased:   Calc   phos.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr. 
mur.,  Silicea. 

loss  of:    Ferr.  phos.,   Kali  mur.,    Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.   mur., 
Natr.  phos. ,  Kali  sulph. 
Aversion,  to  acids:  Ferr.  phos. 

alcohol:  Silicea. 

bread:  Natr.  mur. 

coffee:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

herrings:   Ferr.  phos. 

hot  drinks:  Kali  sulph. 

meat:  Ferr .  phos.,  Silicea. 

milk:  Ferr.  phos. 

warm  food:   Silicea. 
Band  around  body,  sensation  of:  Magnes.  phos. 
Biliousness:  Natr.  sulph. 

with  gray  tongue:  Kali  mur. 

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370  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Bilious  colic:  Natr.  sulph. 

Breath  offensive:  Kali phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

Burning  heat  in  stomach:  Kali  sulph.,  Calc.  sulph. 

thirst:  Kali  sulph. 
Cannot  bear  tight  clothing:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Colicky  pains:  Kali  sulph. 
Deathly  sickness  at  stomach:  Ferr.  phos. 
Desires  ale:  Ferr. phos. 

alcohol:  Ferr. phos. 

bacon:   Calc.  phos. 

bitter  things:  Natr.  mur. 

claret:   Calc.  sulph. 

fruit:   Calc.  sulph. 

green  and  sour  vegetables:   Calc.  sulph. 

ham:   Calc.  phos. 

indigestible  things:   Calc.  phos. 

salted  food :   Calc.  phos. ,  Natr.  mur. 

smoked  meats:   Calc.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 

stimulants:  Ferr.  phos. 

sugar:  Magnes.  phos. 
Dread  of  hot  drinks:  Kali  sulph. 
Dyspepsia,  acid:  Natr.  phos.,  Silicea. 

chronic:  Silicea. 

flatulent:  Magnes.  phos. 

heartburn  and  chilliness:  Silicea. 

nervous:  Kali  phos. 

pain  after  taking  food:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

spasmodic:  Magnes.  phos. 

with  flushed,  hot  face:  Ferr.  phos. 

pressure  as  of  a  load  in  stomach:  Kali  sulph. 
white,  grayish  tongue:  Kali  mur. 
much  flatulence:   Calc.  phos. 
pain  and  salivation:  Natr.  mur. 
waterbrash:  Natr.  mur. 
Empty,  gone  feeling  in  stomach:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

relieved  by  eating:  Kali  phos. 
Epigastrium  tender  to  touch:  Ferr.  phos. 

pain  in,  constant:  Kali  phos. 
after  eating :   Calc.  phos. 
Eructations,  bitter:  Kali  phos. 


REPERTORY. 


37* 


Eructations,  sour:  Natr.phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea,  Kaliphos. 

burning,  tasteless:  Magnes.  phos. 

gaseous:  Kali  phos. 

greasy:  Ferr.  phos. 
Excessive  hunger:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Faintness  at  stomach:  Kali  sulph. 
Fatty  food  causes  indigestion:  Kali  mur. 
Flatulence,  brings  back  taste  of  food:  Ferr.  phos. 

excessive  accumulation  of  gas  in  stomach:   Calc.  phos. 

with  disturbance  about  heart:  Kali  phos 

distension  and  constipation:  Magnes.  phos. 
pain,  no  relief  from  belching:  Magnes.  phos. 
sluggish  liver:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
sour  risings:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali 
phos. 
Fulness,  sensation  of:  Kali  sulph. 
Gastritis:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 

chronic:  Kali  sulph. 

from  too  hot  drinks:  Kali  mur. 
Gastralgia   relieved  by  warmth  and  bending  double:  Magnes. 

phos. 
Gastric  abrasions:  Natr.  phos. 

fever:  Ferr.  phos. 

ulcerations;  Natr.  phos.,  Kaliphos. 
Gone  sensation  at  pit  of  stomach:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Hemorrhage  from  stomach:  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Heartburn    after   eating:    Natr.    mur.,    Natr.    sulph.,    Silicea, 

Mag?ies.  phos. 

and  flatulence:   Calc.  phos. 
Heat  in  stomach:  Kali  sulph. 

Hiccough:  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.fluor.,  Natr.  mur. 
Hunger,  excessive:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea,  Natr.  mur. 
Induration  of  pylorus:  Silicea. 
Indigestion.      (See  Dyspepsia.) 
Infant  vomits  as  soon  as  it  nurses:  Silicea. 

wants  to  nurse  all  the  time:  Calc.  phos. 
Intolerance  of  stimulants:  Silicea. 
Jaundice  after  gastritis:  Kali  sulph. 

from  vexation:  Natr.  sulph. 

with  bitter  taste  and  constipation:  Kali  mur. 


372  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Jaundice,  with  drowsiness:  Natr.  mur. 
Longing  for  salty  food:  Natr.  mur.      (See  Desires. ) 
Loss  of  appetite:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  phos.,  Natr. 
mur.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

desire  for  smoking:  Natr.  mur. 
Nausea:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

and  vomiting:  Magnes.  phos. 

of  sour  food  or  blood:  Kali  phos. 

after  fat  food:  Kali  mur. 

with  vertigo:   Calc.  sulph. 
Non-assimilation  of  food:  Calc.  phos. 
Pain  in  abdominal  ring:  Natr.  mur. 

right  side  under  shoulder:  Kali  mur. 

after  taking  food:  Natr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr. 
sulph. 

at  epigastrium,  constant:  Kali  phos. 
Pressure  in  stomach:  Magnes.  phos. 
Pylorus,  induration  of:  Silicea. 
Regurgitation  of  food  after  eating:  Magnes.  phos. 
Stomach,  beating  in:  Ferr.  phos. 

burning  heat  in:  Kali  sulph.,  Calc.  sulph. 

chronic  catarrh  of:  Kali  sulph. 

colicky  pains  in:  Kali'sulph.,  Magnes.  sulph. 

cramps  in:  Magnes.  phos. 

deep-seated  pain  in:  Kali  sulph. 

distended:  Natr.  sulph. 

empty  feeling  in:  Natr.  phos. 

fulness  and  pressure  in:  Kali  sulph. 

gas  in,  excessive:   Calc.  phos. 

gone  feeling  in:  Kali  sulph. ,  Natr.  phos. 

hemorrhage  from:  Kali  mur. 

heavy:  Natr.  sulph. 

painful:  Ferr.  phos. 

pit  of,  red  spots  on:  Natr.  mtir. 

regurgitation  of  food  from:  Magnes.  phos. 

swollen:  Ferr.  phos. 

tender:  Ferr.  phos. 

ulceration  of:  Natr.  phos. 

weakness  and  sinking  at:  Natr.  mur, 

welling  of  mucus  from:  Natr.  sulph. 


REPERTORY.  ,73 

Stomach  ache,  aggravated  by  pressure:  Ferr.  phos. 
food:   Calc.  phos. 
due  to  worms:  Natr.phos. 
from  chill :  Ferr.  phos. 

fright  or  excitement:  Kali  phos. 
relieved  by  eating:  Kali  phos. 
with  constipation :  Kali  mur. 

flatulence:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph 
pain  and  salivation:  Natr.  mur. 
Thirst,  burning:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,  Calc  sulph. 
during  evening:  Natr.  sulph. 
for  cold  water:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Thirstlessness:  Kali  sulph. 

Tight  clothing  about  waist  unbearable:  Natr.  sulph. 
Ulceration  of  stomach:  Natr.  phos. 
Vomiting,  acid:  Natr.  mur. 
after  cold  water:   Calc.  phos. 

icecream:   Calc.  phos. 
before  breakfast:  Ferr.  phos.,  Silicea. 
bile:  Natr.  sulph. 
bitter  food:  Kali  phos. 
bright-red  blood:  Ferr.  phos. 
clotted  blood :  Kali  mur. 
coffee-grounds:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.phos. 
curdled  masses:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 
dark  blood:  Kali  mur. 
greenish  water:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
immediately  after  nursing:  Silicea. 
infantile:   Calc.  phos. 
morning:  Silicea. 

sour:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos  ,  Natr.  sulph. 
stringy  mucus:  Natr.  mur. 
thick,  white  phlegm:  Kali  mur. 
transparent  mucus:  Natr.  mur. 

undigested  food:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  fiuor. 
viscid  blood:  Kali  mur. 
water,  saltish,  greenish:  Natr.  sulph. 
watery  mucus:  Natr.  mur. 
Waterbrash:  Natr.phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 


374  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Abdomen  and  Stool. 

Abdomen  feels  cold  to  touch:  Kali  sulph. 

flabby :  Calc.  phos. 

large  in  children:  Silicea. 

pendulous:   Calc.  fluor. 

swollen:  Kali  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Magnes.  phos. 

sunken:   Calc.  phos. 

tender:  Kali  mur. 

tense  and  tympanitic:  Kali  sulph. 
After  stool,  torn,  bleeding  and  smarting  feeling:  Natr.  mur. 

vaccination,  diarrhoea:  Silicea, Kali  mur. 
Anus,  fissured:  Silicea,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  fluor. 

fistula  in:  Silicea,  Calc.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 

herpetic  eruption  around :  Natr.  mur. 

itching  at:  Natr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor.,  Natr.  sulph. 

neuralgia  of:   Calc.  phos. 

painful  abscesses  about:   Calc.  sulph. 

prolapsus  of:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
disposition  to:  Ferr.  phos. 

rawness  of:  Natr.  phos. 

soreness  of:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

wartlike  eruptions  on:  Natr.  sulph. 
Belching  gives  no  relief  in  colic:  Magnes.  phos. 
Bowels,  great  torpor  of:  Natr.  mur. 

lining  membrane  of,  protrudes:  Kali  phos. 

looseness  of,  in  old  women:  Natr.  sulph. 

pain  in:  Natr.  phos. 

sulphurous  odor  of  gas  from:  Kali  sulph. 
Burning  pain  in  rectum:  Natr.  mur. 
Children  draw  up  legs  in  colic:  Magnes.  phos. 

large  abdomen  in:  Silicea. 
Cholera:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 
Cholera  infantum:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Choleraic  cramps:  Magnes.  phos. 
Colic  accompanied  with  belching:  Magnes.  phos. 

ameliorated  by  rubbing  and  warmth:  Magnes.  phos. 
bending  double:  Kali  phos. 

at  every  attempt  to  eat:   Calc.  phos. 

begins  in  right  groin:  Natr.  sulph. 


REPERTORY.  ,7c 

Colic,  belching  gives  no  relief  in:  Magnes.  phos. 
crampy :  Magnes.  phos. 
flatulent:  Natr.   phos.,    Magnes.  phos.,    Kali  sulph.,    Natr. 

sulph. 
forcing  patient  to  bend  double:  Magnes.  phos. 
from  worms:  Natr.  phos.,  Silicea. 
in  hypogastrium:  Kali  phos. 
lead:  Natr.  sulph. 

of  children:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
pains  radiate  from  umbilicus:  Magnes.  phos. 
remittent:  Magnes.  phos. 
Congestion  of  liver:  Natr.  sulph. 

Constipation,    alternating  with   diarrhoea:    Natr.    mur.,  Natr. 

phos. 
from  want  of  moisture:  Natr.  mur. 
with  spinal  affections:  Silicea. 
inactivity  of  bowels:  Natr.  mur. 
furred  tongue:  Kali  mur. 
habitual:  Kali  sulph. 
hemorrhoidal:  Natr.  mur. 
inability  to  expel  faeces:   Calc.fluor. 
infantile:  Magnes.  phos. 
hard  stool  in  old  people:   Calc.  phos. 
heat  in  lower  bowel :  Ferr.  phos. 
hectic  fever:   Calc.  sulph. 
obstinate:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  phos. 
producing  fissures:   Natr.  mur. 
stools  light-colored :  Kali  mur. 

dark  brown:  Kali  phos. 
with  weakness  of  intestine:  Natr.  mur. 
Cramps:  Magnes.  phos  ,  Kali  sulph. 
Diarrhoea,  after  maple  sugar:   Calc.  sulph. 

fatty  food :  Kali  mur. 

wet  weather:  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 

vaccination:  Silicea,  Kali  mur. 
aggravated  by  fruit :   Calc.  phos. 
alternating  with  constipation:  Natr.  mur. 
bilious:  Natr.  sulph. 
caused  by  chill:  Ferr.  phos. 

excessive  acidity :  Natr.  phos. 


37^  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Diarrhoea  caused  by  change  of  weather:   Calc.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 
fright:  Kali  phos. 
relaxed  intestinal  villi:  Ferr. phos. 
dark,  bilious  stools:  Natr.  sulph. 
excoriating:  Natr.  mtir. 
flatulent  fetid:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
frothy:  Natr.  mur. 
foul,  putrid  color:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
green  stools:  Natr. phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
infantile:  Silicea,  Calc. phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
imperative,  watery:  Kali  phos. 
involuntary:  Natr.  mzir. 
painless:    Kali  phos. 
purulent:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  sulph. 
rice  water:  Kali  phos 
slimy  stools:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  sulph., 

Calc.  sulph. 
sour  smelling:  Natr.  sulph. 
undigested:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
watery:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.   sulph., 

Magnes.  phos. ,  Kali  sulph. ,  Calc.  phos. ,  Kali  phos. 
with  cramps  in  calves:  Magnes.  phos. 
white  stools:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
with  depression:  Kali  phos. 

exhaustion:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
jaundice:  Natr.  phos. 
yellow,  slimy,  watery,  purulent:  Kali  sulph. 
Duodenal  catarrh:  Kali  mur. 
Dysentery,  febrile  stage:  Ferr.  phos. 
stools  purulent:   Calc.  sulph. 
pure  blood:  Kali  phos. 
sanious:   Calc.  sulph. 
slimy:  Kali  mur. 
very  painful:  Magnes.  phos. 
with  purging:  Kali  mur. 

spasmodic  retention  of  urine:  Magnes.  phos. 
Enteralgia,  relieved  by  bending  double:  Magnes.  phos. 

warmth:  Magnes.  phos. 
Enteric  fever:  Ferr.  phos. ,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  sulph., 
Kali  phos. 


REPERTORY.  377 

Fissure  in  anus:   Silicea,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Cak.  fluor 
Fistula  in  ano:   Silicea,  Calc.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 

lack  of  pain  in :   Cak.  phos. 
Flatulence  and  colic;  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos. 

abdomen  swollen:  Kali  mur. 

cutting  pain  in  abdomen:  Natr.  sulph. 

distress  about  heart:  Kali  phos. 

fetid:    Calc.  phos. 

incarcerated:  Magnes.  phos. 

odor  of  sulphur:  Kali  sulph. 

offensive,  noisy:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

shifting  of:  Silicea. 
Forcible  expulsion  of  stool:  Magnes.  phos. 
Gall-stones,  to  prevent  reformation  of:   Calc.  phos. 

spasms  from :  Magnes.  phos. 
Glands,  inguinal,  enlarged:  Silicea. 
Heat  in  lower  bowels:  Natr.  sulph. 
Hemorrhoids,  beating  in:  Natr.  mur. 

bleeding:  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor. 

blind:  Kali  sulph.,  Calc.  fluor. 

chronic :   Calc.  phos. 

cutting,  like  lightning  in:  Magnes.  phos. 

external:  Kali  sulph. 

inflamed:  Fe?y .  phos. 

intensely  painful:  Silicea,  Kali  phos. 

internal:  Kali  sulph.,  Calc  fluor. 

itching:  Kali  phos. 

oozing:   Calc.  phos. 

smarting  and  stinging:  Natr.  mur. 

stinging:  Natr.  mur. 
Hereditary  looseness  in  old  women:  Natr.  sulph. 
Hernia,  abdominal:   Calc.  phos. 

incarcerated  and  inflamed:  Ferr.  phos. 
Herpes  about  anus:  ATatr.  mur. 
Ineffectual  urging  to  stool:  Kali  phos. 
Intestinal  ulcers:   Calc.  sulph. 
Itching  in  anus  aggravated  at  night:  Natr.  phos. 
Jaundice  after  vexation:  Natr.  sulph. 

caused  by  a  chill:  Kali  mur. 
gastric  catarrh:  Kali  sulph. 


378  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Jaundice  caused  by  gastro-duodenal  catarrh:  Kali  mur.,  Natr. 
mur. 

with  diarrhoea:  Natr.  phos. 
Large  abdomen  in  children:   Silicea. 

abscess  of:  Silicea. 
Liver,  complete  torpidity  of:  Kali  mur. 

congestion  of:  Natr.  sulph. 

irritable:   Natr.  sulph. 

region  of,  painful:   Calc.  sulph. 

sclerosis  of:  Natr.  phos. 

sharp,  stitching  pains  in:  Natr.  sulph. 

sluggish  action  of:  Kali  mur. 

soreness  to  touch  of:  Natr.  sulph. 
Marasmus  in  teething  children:   Calc.  phos. 
Mesenteric  glands  enlarged:   Calc.  phos. 
Navel,  empty  feeling  about:   Calc.  phos. 
Neuralgia  of  the  anus:   Calc.  phos. 
Noisy  offensive  flatus:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
Pain  around  navel  causes  crying:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

abdominal  ring:  Natr.  mur. 

in  lower  part  of  sacrum:   Calc.  phos. 

in  liver  and  spleen:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

in  the  bowels:  Natr  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

through  right  groin:  Natr.  phos. 
Painful  abscess  about  anus:   Calc.  sulph. 

about  region  of  liver:   Calc.  sulph 
Paretic  condition  of  rectum:  Kali  phos 
Peritonitis:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 
Perityphlitis:  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Piles.      (See  Hemorrhoids  ) 
Proctalgia:  Natr.  mur. 
Prolapsus  ani:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr   phos. 

disposition  to:  Ferr.  phos. 
Rawness  of  anus:  Natr.  phos. 
Rectum,  burns:  Kali  phos. 

pain  in,  with  every  stool:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

prolapsus  of:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

stitches  in:  Natr.  mur. 
Sacrum,  pain  in,  after  stool:   Calc.  phos. 
Sinking  in  epigastrium  and  about  navel:   Calc.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  370 

Splenic  troubles;  Kali phos. 
Spleen,  pain  in:  Natr  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
Stitches  in  rectum:  Natr.  mur. 
Stools,  bilious:  Natr.  sulph. 

black:  Kali  sulph. 

bloody:  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

cadaverous-smelling:  Silicea. 

clay-colored :  Kali  mur. 

coagulated  casein:  Natr.  phos. 

copious:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

creamy:  Natr.  phos. 

crumbling:  Natr.  mur. 

dark:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 

difficult  to  expel:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.  (soft.) 
retain :  Natr.  phos. 

dry:  Natr.  mur. 

expelled  with  force:  Magnes.  phos. 

flocculent:  Kali  mur. 

fetid  and  foul:  Kali  phos. 

frequent:  Natr.  phos. 

frothy  and  glairy:  Natr.  mur. 

green:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 

hard:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sidph.,  Calc.  phos. 

hot,  sputtering:   Calc.  phos. 

inability  to  expel:   Calc.  fluor. 

involuntary:   Natr.  mur. 

jelly-like  masses:  Natr.  phos. 

knotty:  Natr.  sulph. 

light-colored:  Kali  mur. 

loose,  morning:  Natr.  mur  ,  Natr.  sulph. 

noisy:   Calc.  phos. 

offensive:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Silicea,  Kali  sulph. 

painful:  Ferr.  phos. 

pale-yellow:  Kali  mur. 

profuse :   Calc.  phos. 

purulent:   Calc.  sulph  ,  Calc.  phos. 

putrid  odor:  Kali  phos. 

recede  when  partly  expelled:  Silicea. 

rice-water:  Kaliphos. 

scanty :  Natr.  phos. 


380  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Stools  slimy:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.   mur.,  Kali  sulph.,   Calc.  sulph., 
Calc.  phos. 

sour-smelling:  Natr.  phos. 

sputtering:   Calc.  phos. 

streaked  with  blood:  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.  sulph. 

sudden:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

undigested  food:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

watery:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,   Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.   sulph., 
Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 

white:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 

while  eating:  Kali  phos. 

yellow:  Kali  sulph. 
Straining  at  stool:  Natr.  phos. 

Summer  complaint  in  teething  children:   Calc.  phos. 
Tabes  mesenterica:   Calc.  phos. 
Tenesmus:  Kali  phos. 
Torpidity,  complete,  of  liver:  Kali  mur. 
Tympanites:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  phos  ,  Magnes.  phos. 

in  bilious  fever:  Natr.  sulph. 
Typhlitis:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Typhus  with  constipation:  Kali  mur. 
Undigested  stools:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
Ulcers,  intestinal:   Calc.  sulph. 

■Waist,  cannot  bear  tight  clothing  around:  Na.tr.  sulph. 
Wart-like  eruptions  on  anus:    Natr.  sulph. 
Weakness  in  epigastrium:  Kali  phos. 
Worms,  intestinal:  Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

long:  Natr.  phos. 

thread:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 

Urinary  Symptoms. 

Atony  of  bladder:  Natr.  phos. 

Bladder,  catarrh  of:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph. 

neck  of,  cutting  pain  in:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

stone  in:   Calc.  phos. 

spasm  of:  Magnes.  phos. 
Bleeding  from  urethra:  Kali  phos. 
Bright's  disease,  for  albumen:   Calc.  phos  ,  Kali  phos. 

febrile  disturbance:  Ferr.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  381 

Burning  after  urination:  Natr.  mur. 

during  urination:  Natr.  sulph. 
Calculous  phosphates  in  urine:   Calc.  phos. 
Cutting  after  urination:  Natr.  mur. 

pains  in  urethra  and  neck  of  bladder:   Calc.  phos. 
Cystitis,  acute  cases:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
chronic:  Kali  mur. 

suppurating:   Calc.  sulph. 
with  asthenic  conditions:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
Diabetes  mellitus:    Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,   Natr. 

phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
Enuresis,  diurml:  Ferr.  phos. 

in  children:   Silicea,  Calc.  phos. 

old  people:   Calc.  phos. 
nocturnal:   Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Frequent  urging  to  urinate:   Calc.  phos. ,  Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos., 
Natr.  sulph. 
urination :  Kali  phos. ,  Natr.  phos. 
Gravel:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Hsematuria:  Ferr.  phos 

from  scurvy:  Natr.  mur. 
Incontinence  of  urine:   Calc.  phos. 

from  weakness  of  sphincter:  Ferr.  phos. 
nervous  debility:  Kali  phos. 
paralysis  of  sphincter:  Kali  phos. 
in  children  with  acidity:  Natr.  phos. 
while  walking,  coughing,  etc.:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Increased   urine:    Calc.  phos.,   Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,   Natr. 

sulph. 
Intermittent  flow:  Natr.  phos. 
Irritation  at  neck  of  bladder:  Ferr.  phos. 
Ischuria:   Ferr.  phos. 

Kidneys,  inflammation,  effects  of:  Kali  mur. 
pains  in:  Ferr.  phos. 
suppuration  of:  Silicea. 
Lithic  deposits  in  urine:  Natr.  sulph. 
Nephritis  scarlatinosa:  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  sulph. 

chronic:  Natr.  sulph. 
Nocturnal  enuresis:  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Pains,  cutting,  in  urethra:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
neck  of  bladder:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 


382  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Paretic  conditions:  Kali phos. 

Polyuria,  simplex:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr. 
phos. ,  Calc.  phos. ,  Magnes.  phos. 

with  waterbrash:  Natr.  mitr. 
Retention  of  urine:  Magnes.  phos. 
Secretion  of  urine,  excessive:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.   sulph.,  Natr. 

phos. 
Spasmodic  retention  of  urine:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Stone  in  the  bladder:   Calc.  phos. 
Suppression  of  urine:  Ferr.  phos. 
Urging  to  urinate,  frequent:  Ferr. phos.,  Natr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos., 

Natr.  sulph. 
Urethra,  bleeding  from:  Kali  phos. 

cutting  pains  in:  Kali  phos. 

itching  in:  Kali  phos. 
Urine,  brickdust  sediment:  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

bloody:   Natr.  mur. 

calculous  phosphates  in:    Calc.  phos. 

copious:    Calc.  fiuor.,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

dark-colored:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 

emits  pungent  odor:   Calc.  fluor. 

flocculent  sediment  in:   Calc. phos. 

gravel  in:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

increased:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

incontinence  of:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

involuntary:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

loaded  with  bile:  Natr.  sulph. 
mucus  and  pus:  Silicea. 

lithic  deposits  in:  Natr.  sulph. 

pus  and  mucus,  with:  Natr.  sulph. 

red  with  hectic:   Calc.  sulph. 

sandy  deposit  in:  Natr.  sulph. 

scanty :   Calc.  fluor. 

secretion  excessive:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

spasmodically  retained:  Magnes.  phos. 

spurts  out  with  every  cough :  Ferr.  phos. ,  Natr.  mur. 

uric  acid,  excess  of :  Kali  mur.,  Silicea. 

yellow  like  saffron:  Kali  phos. 

yellowish  green:  Natr.  sulph. 


REPERTORY.  383 

Urination,  scalding  on:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

intermittent,  needs  straining:  Natr.  phos. 

painful  urging:  Magnes  phos. 
Vesical  neuralgia:  Magnes.  phos. 

Wetting  of  bed  in  children:   Calc.  phos. ,  Natr.  phos. .  Far.  phos. , 

Magnes.  phos. 

Male  Sexual  Organs. 

Balanitis:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 

Bubo:    Calc.  sulph.,  Kalimur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea.  . 
Caries,  syphilitic:   Silicea. 
Chancre,  hard:   Calc.fluor. 
phagedenic:  Kali  phos. 
soft:  Kalimur. 
Chronic  syphilis:   Silicea,  Natr.  mur.,  Kalimur. 
Coitus,  prostration  after:  Kali  phos. 
Condylomata,  syphilitic:  Natr.  sulph. 

cutting  in  bladder  and  urethra:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Desire,  sexual,  gone:  Natr.  phos. 
Discharge  of  prostatic  fluid:  Natr.  mur. 
Drawing  in  testicles  and  spermatic  cord:  Natr.  phos. 
Emissions,  nightly:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
with  chilliness:  Natr.  mur. 
without  dreams:  Natr.  phos. 
Erections:  Kali  phos 
Epididymitis:  Ferr.  phos. 
Erethism,  sexual:  Silicea,  Natr.  phos. 
Genitals,  itching  of:  Natr.  sulph. 
Gleet:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 

combines  with  eczema:  Kali  mur 
Gonorrhoea,  after  injections  of  nitrate  of  silver:  Natr.  mur. 

chronic:  Natr.   mur.,   Natr.  sulph.,   Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos., 

Silicea. 
discharge  bloody:  Kali  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 
greenish:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  sulph. 
purulent  and  sanious:   Calc.  sulph. 
slimy:   Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
transparent:  Natr.  mur. 
yellow:  Kali  sulph. 
watery:  Natr.  mur. 


384  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Gonorrhoea,  inflammatory  stage:  Ferr.  phos. 

interstitial  exudation  in:  Kali  mur. 

scalding  in:  Natr.  mur. 

subcutaneous  exudation:  Kali  mur. 

suppressed:  Natr.  sulph. 

swelling  in:  Kali  mur. 

with  anaemia:   Calc.  phos. 

itching:   Calc.  phos. 
Hair,  loss  of,  from  pubes:  Natr.  mur. 
Hydrocele:  Silicea,  Calc  fluor.,  Calc.  phos. 
Induration  of  testicles:   Calc.  fluor. 
Impotence:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

Itching  of  scrotum:  Silicea,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur., 
Natr.  sulph. 

in  urethra:  Kali  phos. 
Loss  of  pubic  hair;  Natr.  mur. 
Masturbation:   Calc.  phos. 
Necrosis,  syphilitic:  Silicea. 
Nodes  in  tertiary  syphilis:  Silicea. 
CEdema,  preputial:  Natr.  sulph. 

scrotal:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
Orchitis:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

from  suppressed  gonorrhoea:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 
Persistent  sexual  thought:  Silicea. 
Phagedenic  chancres:  Kali  phos. 
Preputial  oedema:  Natr.  sulph. 
Prostate,  abscess  of:   Calc.  sulph. 

enlarged:  Natr.  sulph. 

inflammation,  suppurative:  Silicea. 
Scrotal  oedema:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr   mur.,  Calc.  phos. 
Scrotum,  itching  of:  Silicea,  Natr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

sweating  of:  Silicea. 
Semen  thin  and  watery:  Natr.  phos. 

Seminal  emissions  without  dreams:    Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos., 

Silicea. 

with  chilliness:  Natr.  mur. 
Sexual  desire  gone:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

increased :  Kali  phos . ,  Magnes.  phos. ,  Natr.  phos. ,  Natr.  mur. 
Sexual  erethism:  Silicea,  Calc.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  385 

Spermatorrhoea:    Calc.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr. 

mur.,  Si  I  ice  a. 
Spermatic  cord  painful:  Natr.  mur. 
Suppurating  prostatitis:  Silicea. 
Sweat  on  scrotum:  Silicea. 
Sycosis:  Natr.  sulph. 
Syphilis,  chronic:   Silicea,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  fluor. 

evening  aggravations  in:  Kali  sulph. 

nodes  in  tertiary :  Silicea. 

suppurating  stage:   Calc.  sulph. 
Testicles,  aching  in:  Natr.  mur. 

indurated:   Calc.  fluor. 

swelling  of:   Calc.  phos. ,  Natr.  mur. 
Urethra  sore  to  pressure:  Natr.  mur. 

cutting  in,  after  urinating:  Natr.  mur. 
Varicocele,  pain  in  testes:  Ferr.  phos. 
Voluptuous  feelings  in  genitals:   Calc.  phos. 
"Weak  vision  after  coitus:  Kali  phos. 

Female  Organs. 
Amenorrhcea:  Kali  rrncr.,  Kali  phos.,  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur., 

Calc.  phos. 
Backache  with  uterine  pains:   Calc.  phos. 
Bearing-down  pains:   Calc.  fluor.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Before  menses,  labor-like  pains:  Calc.  phos. 

nosebleed:  Natr.  sulph. 

pain :  Magnes.  phos. ,  Ferr.  phos. 

sadness:  Natr.  mur. 
Breast,  hard  knots  in:   Calc.  fluor. 
Burning  in  uterus:  Natr.  mur. 

vagina  after  urinating:  Natr.  mur. 
Chlorosis:    Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Chronic  congestion  of  uterus:  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  fluor. 
Congestion,  excessive,  at  periods:  Ferr.  phos. 
Cutting  in  the  uterus:  Natr.  mur. 
Displacements  of  the  uterus:   Calc.  fluor. 

with  rheumatic  pains:   Calc.  phos. 
Dragging  in  uterine  region:   Calc.  fluor. 
Dryness  of  the  vagina:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
During  menses,  headache:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

labor-like  pains:   Calc.  phos. 
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386  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Dysmenorrhea:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,   Magnes.  phos.,  Natr. 
mur. ,  Ferr.  p/ios. 

as  a  preventive:  Ferr.  phos. 

membranous:  Magnes.  phos. 

with  vomiting  of  undigested  food:  Ferr.  phos. 

frequent  urging  to  urinate:  Ferr.  phos. 
'  with  icy  coldness:  Silicea. 
External  parts  tingle:  Calc.  phos. 

swollen :  Magnes.  phos. 
Flooding:   Calc.fluor. 

Genitals  inflamed  and  swollen:  Natr.  sulph. 
Great  dryness  of  vagina:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Hardness  of  mammse:   Calc.  phos. 
Hypertrophy  of  uterus:  Kali  mur. 
Hysteria:  Kali  phos. 

Icy  coldness  at  commencement  of  flow:  Silicea. 
Itching  of  vulva:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Labia,  abscess  of:  Silicea. 
Leucorrhcea,  acid:  Natr.  phos. 

acrid:  Silicea,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

albuminous  mucus:   Calc.  phos. 

corroding:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 

creamy:  Natr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

greenish :  Kali  sulph . 

honey-colored:  Natr.  phos. 

irritating:  Natr.  mur. 

itching:  Silicea,  Natr.  mur. 

like  white  of  egg:   Calc.  phos. 

mild  and  milky :  Kali  mur. 

orange-colored :  Kali  phos. 

profuse:  Silicea. 

scalding:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

slimy:  Kali  sulph. 

smarting:  Natr.   mur. 

sour-smelling:  Natr.  phos. 

thick:  Kali  mur. 

watery:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 

white:  Kali  mur. 

worse  mornings:   Calc.  phos. 

yellow:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 


REPERTORY.  -g7 

Loss  of  hair  from  pubes:  Natr.  mur. 
Mammae,  hardness  of:   Calc.fluor.,  Calc.phos. 
Masturbation  in  children:   Calc.  phos. 
Menses,  acrid:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
after,  headache:  Natr.  mur. 

intense  sexual  desire:  Kali  phos. 
before,  laborlike  pains:   Calc.  phos. 
nosebleed:   Natr.  sulph. 

pain:  Magnes.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
sadness:  Natr.  mur. 
black:  Kali  mur. 
blackish-red:  Kali  phos. 
bright  red:   Calc.phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 
checked:  Kali  mur. 
chilliness  with:  Natr.  sulph. 
clotted:  Kali  mur-. 
copious:  Natr.  mur. 
corrosive:  Natr.  sulph. 

dark:  Kali  mur.,  Calc  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
deep  red:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  sulph. 
delayed,  with  headache:  Natr.  mur. 
during  headache:  Natr.  mur. 
during  bearing-down  pains:   Calc.fluor.,  Calc.phos. 

colic:  Magnes.  phos. ,  Kali  phos. ,  Natr.  sulph. ,  Ferr.  phos. 
lactation:   Calc  phos.,  Silicea. 
every  two  weeks:    Calc.  phos. 
three  weeks:  Ferr.  phos. 
excessive:  Kali  mur. ,  Calc.  fluor.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos., 

Kali  phos. 
fibrous:  Magnes.  phos. 
irregular:  Kali  phos. 
laborlike  pains  during:   Calc.  phos. 
last  too  long:  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph. 
not  coagulated:  Kali  phos. 
offensive:  Kali  phos. 
pale:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr   mur. 
preceded  by  sexual  excitement:   Calc.  phos. 
premature:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
retention  of:  Kali  phos. 
stringy:  Magnes.  phos. 


388  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Menses,  strong  odor:  Kali phos. 

suppressed:  Kali  mur.,   Kali  phos.,  Kali  snip  k.,  Natr.  mur., 

Calc.  phos. 
thin:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.   mur. 

too  early:  Kali  mur.,    Natr.  phos.,   Magnes.  phos.,   Silicea, 
Calc.  phos. 
frequent:  Kali  mur. 
late:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos.,    Kali  sulph.,    Calc.    sidph., 

Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
long-lasting:  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph. 
profuse:  Kali  phos. ,  Natr.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. ,  Natr.  mur. , 

Calc.  fiuor. ,  Kali  mur. 
scanty:  Kali  phos  ,  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
tough  discharge:  Kali  mur. 
watery:  Natr.   mur. 
•       with  coldness  like  ice:  Silicea. 
congestion :  Ferr.  phos. 
colic:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
constipation:  Silicea,  Natr.  sulph. 
fetid  foot-sweat:  Silicea. 
great  weakness:    Calc.  sulph. 
headache:  Kali  sulph.,  Calc  sulph  ,  Kali  phos. 
mental  depression:  Natr.   mur. 
morning  diarrhoea:  Natr.  sulph. 
ovarian  pain:  Ferr.  phos. 
rheumatic  pains:   Calc.  phos. 
terrible  sadness:  Natr.  mur. 
shortening  of  knee-cords:  Natr.  phos. 
swelling  of  labia:  Magnes.  phos. 
excitement  and  sleeplessness:  Natr.  phos. 
twitchings:    Calc.  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
weight  of  fullness  in  abdomen:  Kali  sulph. 
Menstruation.      (See  Menses.) 
Metrorrhagia:  Silicea,  Kali  sulph. 
Metritis:  Ferr. phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Nausea  during  and  after  embrace:  Silicea. 
Nymphomania:   Silicea,  Calc.fluor.,   Calc.  phos. 
Ovarian  neuralgia  worse  on  right  side:  Magnes.  phos. 
Pain  across  sacrum,  intense:  Kali  phos. 
dull  and  constant:  Ferr.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  389 

Pressing  towards  genitals  in  morning:  Natr.  mur. 
Prolapsus  uteri:    Calc.fluor.,  Calc.  phos.,  Kaliphos. 

relieved  by  sitting:  Natr.  mur. 

with  sinking  feeling:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Pulsation  of  sexual  parts:   Calc.  phos. 
Sensation  of  a  ball  rising  in  throat:  Kali  phos. 
Sensitive  vagina:  Silicea,  Ferr.  phos. 
Serous  cysts  of  vagina:  Silicea. 
Sterility:  Silicea,  Natr.  phos. 
Throbbing  in  genitals:   Calc.  phos. 
Ulceration  of  os  and  cervix:  Kali  mur  ,  Silicea. 
Uterine  displacements  with  rheumatic  pain:  Natr.  phos.,  Calc. 

phos. 
Uterus,  weakness  and  distress  in:  Natr.  phos. 
Vagina  dry  and  hot:  Ferr.  phos. 

burning  and  soreness  in  vagina  after  urinating:  Natr.  mur. 

great  dryness:  Natr.  mur. 

inflammation  of:  Ferr .  phos 

sensitive:   Silicea,  Ferr.  phos. 
Vaginal  pruritis  in  old  women:  Kaliphos. 
Vaginal  serous  cysts:  Silicea. 
Vaginismus:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Voluptuous  feelings:   Calc.  phos. 
Vulva,  itching  of :  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 

vesicular  inflammation  of:  Natr.  sulph. 
Weakness  in  uterine  region:   Calc. phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

Pregnancy  and  Labor. 

After-pains:  Kaliphos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

weak,  due  to  feeble  contractions:  Calc.fluor.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Burning  in  mammae:   Calc.  phos. 
Childbed  fever:  Kaliphos.,  Kali  mur. 
Convulsions,  puerperal:  Magnes.  phos. 
Cramps  in  the  legs:  Magnes.  phos. 
Decline  after  childbirth:   Calc.  phos. 

prolonged  nursing:   Calc.  phos 

during  pregnancy :   Calc.  phos. 
Excessive  expulsive  efforts:   Magnes.  phos. 
Feet,  soreness  and  lameness  of:  Silicea. 
Fever,  puerperal:  Kali  mur.,  Kaliphos. 


39°  THE   TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Knots,  hard,  in  the  breast:   Calc.  fluor. 

Loss  of  hair  during  childbirth  and  lactation:   Natr..  mur. 

Mammae  feel  enlarged:    Calc.  phos. 

fistulous  ulcers  in:   Silicea. 

hard  lumps  in :   Calc.  fluor. ,  Silicea. 
Mania,  puerperal:   Kali  phos. 
Mastitis:   Silicea,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kalitmur.,  Fcrr.  phos. ,  Calc.  fluor. 

discharge  of  brown,  offensive  pus:  Kali  phos. 
Miscarriage  threatened:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Morning  sickness,  vomiting  of  food  undigested:  Ferr.  phos. 

frothy,  watery  phlegm:  Natr.  miir. 

vomiting  of  sour  masses:  Nair.  phos. 

white  phlegm:  Kali  mur. 
Mother's  milk  salty  and  bluish:    Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.  phos. 
Nipples  crack  and  ulcerate  easily:  Silicea. 
Pain  in  feet  during  pregnancy:  Silicea. 
Pains,  false,  ineffectual  and  tedious:   Kali  phos. 

feeble:  Kali  phos. 

spasmodic:  Magnes.  phos. 
Phlegmasia  alba  dolens:  Natr.   sulph. 
Puerperal  convulsions:  Magnes.  phos. 

fever :  Kali  mur.,  Ka li phos. 

mania:  Kali  phos. 
Scirrhus  of  mammae:  Silicea. 

Threatened  miscarriage:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Ulcers  of  mammae,  fistulous:  Silicea 
Vomiting  with  bitter  taste:    Natr.  sulph. 
Weariness  in  all  limbs  during  pregnancy:   Calc.  phos. 

Respiratory  Organs. 

Abscess  of  lungs:    Silicea. 

Asthma,  awakes  at  night  with. attack  of:   Natr.  sulph. 
bronchial:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 
aggravated  in  warm  season:    Kali  sulph. 
from  the  least  food:   Kali  phos. 
Asthma,  hay:  Kali  phos. 
humid:  Natr.  sulph. 
in  children:  Natr.  sulph. 
nervous:   Magnes.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  291 

Asthma,  when  flatulence  is  troublesome:  Magnes.  phos. 
with  gastric  derangements:  Kalimur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
yellow,  lumpy  expectoration:   Calc.fluor. 
hectic  fever:   Calc.  sulph. 
spasmodic  jerking:  Natr.  mur. 
profuse,  watery  mucus:  Natr.  mur. 
worse  change  to  damp  weather:  Natr.  sulph. 
Breathing  hurried  and  oppressed:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.fluor. 

short:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  sulph.,  Natr. 
mur. 
Bronchitis:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
chronic:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
expectoration,  yellow:  Kali  sulph. 
Burning  soreness  in  chest:  Ferr.  phos. 
Catch  in  breath:  Ferr.  phos. 
Catches  cold  easily:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Chest,  constriction  of:  Magnes.  phos. 
contraction  of:   Calc.  phos. 
pains  aggravated  by  deep  breathing:  Natr.  phos. 

by  pressure:  Natr.  phos. 
pains  deep-seated:  Silicea. 
across:   Calc.  sulph. 
darting:  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
rattling  of  mucus  in:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.   sulph.,  Natr.  mur., 

Kali  mur. 
soreness,  ameliorated  by  pressure:  Natr.  sulph. 
sore  to  touch:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
weakness  in:  Silicea. 
Coldness  of  feet  with  chest  troubles:    Calc.  phos. 
Congestion  of  lungs:  Ferr.  phos. 
Cough,  acute:  Kalimur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
aggravated  in  evening:   Kali  sulph. 

morning:  Natr.  sulph. 
better  lying  down:   Calc.  phos. 
barking:   Kali  mur. 
causes  headache:  Natr.  mur. 
chronic,  of  consumptives:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
convulsive:  Magnes.  phos. 
croupy:  Kali  mur. 
dry:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 


392  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Cough  from  cold  drinks:  Silicea. 
loose  rattling:  Silicea. 
tickling  behind  sternum :  Natr.  mur. 
in  larynx:   Calc.  fiuor. 
in  trachea:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali phos.,  Silicea 
suprasternal  fossa:  Silicea. 
throat:   Calc. fluor. 
hacking:   Calc.  fluor. 
hard:  Ferr.  phos. ,  Kali  sulph. 
harsh:  Kali  mur. 
hoarse:  Kalisulph. 
irritating:  Silicea. 

loose  rattling:  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea,  Natr.  mur. 
loud  and  noisy:  Kali  mur. 
nervous:  Magnes.phos. 

on  lying  down:  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor.,  Silicea. 
painful:  Ferr.  phos. 
paroxysmal:  Magnes.  phos. 
periodical:  Natr.  mur. 
short:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 
spasmodic:  Magnes.phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur., 

Ferr.  phos. 
suffocative  in  children,  better  lying  down:   Calc.  phos. 
tickling:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor. 
whooping:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Kalisulph.,  Kali  phos. 
with  bursting  headache:  Natr.  mur. 
night  sweats:  Silicea. 

involuntary  emission  of  urine:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.   mur. 
sensation  of  goneness  in  chest:  Natr.  sulph. 
Croup:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,   Calc.  sulph.,    Calc.  fluor.,    Calc. 

phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
Croupy  hoarseness:  Kali  sulph. 

Dyspnoea:  Ferr.  phos.,   Natr.   mur.,   Kali  sulph.,    Calc.   phos., 
Kali  phos. 
during  damp  weather:  Natr.  sulph. 
Emaciation  in  phthisis:   Calc.  phos. 
Empyema:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Epiglottis  feels  closed:   Calc.fltcor. 
Expectoration  absent:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
clear:  Natr.  mur. 


REPERTORY.  -,Q2 

Expectoration  copious:  Silicea,  Kali  sulph. 

coughed  up  with   difficulty:  Natr.    mur.,    Calc.  phos.,    Kali 
mur. 

fetid:  Kali  phos. 

frothy:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

granular:  Silicea. 

greenish:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea. 

loose:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea. 

lumpy:   Calc. fiuor. 

milky:  Kali  mur. 

mucous:   Calc.fluor.,  Calc.  phos. 

offensive:  Silicea. 

profuse:  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea. 

purulent:  Natr.  s?ilph.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

rattling:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 

ropy:   Natr.  sulph. 

scanty,  blood  streaked:  Ferr.  phos. 

salty:  Kali  phos. 

sanious:   Calc.  sulph. 

serous:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

slimy:  Kali  sulph. 

sputum  slips  back:  Kali  sulph. 

thick:  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea,  Kali   mur.,  Kali  phos. 

viscid  and  whitish:  Kali  mur. 

watery:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 

yellowish:   Calc.  fiuor.,  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali 
phos. 
Fistula  in  ano,  with  chest  troubles:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Frequent  hawking:   Calc.  phos. 
Glottis,  spasm  of:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Haemoptysis  after  concussion  or  fall:  Ferr.  phos. 
Hay  fever:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Hectic  fever:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea,  Calc.  phos. 
Heat  in  chest:  Ferr.  phos. 

Hoarseness:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea,  Calc. 
fiuor.,  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 

from  cold:  Kali  sulph.,  Kaliviur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Holds  chest  while  coughing:  Natr.  sulph. 
Huskiness  after  singing  or  speaking:  Ferr.  phos. 
Intercostal  mUscles  sore:  Natr.  phos. 


394  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Involuntary  urination  when  coughing:  Ferr.  phos.,   Natr.    mur. 
Laryngitis:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur. 
Larynx,  irritated:  Ferr.phos.,  Calc. fluor. 

painful:   Ferr.  phos. 

sore:  Ferr.  phos. 
Lungs,  congestion  of:  Ferr.  phos. 
Mucus  slips  back  and  is  swallowed:  Kali  sulph. 
Night-sweats  profuse:  Silicea,  Calc.  phos: 
CEdema  of  lungs:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
Oppression  of  breathing:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor. 
Pains  in  chest,  across:   Calc.  sulph. 

aggravated  by  breathing:  Natr.  phos. 

pressure:  Natr.  phos. 

leftside,  piercing:  Natr.  sulph. 
Phthisis:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea,  Ferr. phos. ,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  phos., 
Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

florida:  Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Pleurisy:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur:,  Kali  tmir. 
Pneumonia:   Ferr. phos.,   Kali  mur.,  Calc.    sulph.,   Kali  sulph., 

Silicea,  Natr.  mur. 
Profuse  night  sweats:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Rattling  of  mucus  in  chest:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur., 

Ferr.  phos. ,  Natr.  mur. 
Shortness  of  breath:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.   mu  r.,  Kal 

sulph. ,    Calc.  phos. 

on  going  up  stairs:  Kali  phos. 
Sighing,  tendency  to:  Natr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
Soreness  of  chest,  relieved  by  pressure:  Natr.  sulph. 

to  touch:    Calc.  phos. 

intercostal  muscles:  Natr.  phos. 

lungs:  Ferr.  phos. 
Sore  pain  above  sternum:   Calc. phos. 
Spasmodic  closure  of  windpipe:  A/agues,  phos. 
Spasm  of  glottis:   Calc.  phos. 
Speaking  is  fatiguing:  Kali  sulph. 
Stitches  in  sides:  Ferr.  phos. 
Sudden,  shrill  voice:  Magnes.  phos. 
Suffocative  cough  in  children:   Calc.  phos. 

feeling:  Kali  sulph. 
Sweat,  night:    Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 

profuse  about  head  and  neck:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.   phos. 


REPERTORY.  295 

Trachea,  irritated  and  sore:  Kaliphos. 

Tracheitis:  Ferr.  phos. 

Voice,  loss  of:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kalimur. 

from  paralysis  of  vocal  cords:  Kali  phos. 
sudden,  shrill:  Magnes.  phos. 
"Weary  feeling  in  pharynx:  Kalisulph. 
"Wheezing  rales:  Kali  mur. 

Whooping  cough:   Ferr. phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali 
si/lph.,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

Circulatory  Organs. 

Action  of  heart  intermittent:   Kaliphos.,  Natr.  mur. 

Anaemic  conditions  with  heart  troubles:  Kali  phos. 

Aneurism:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor. 

Angina  pectoris:  Magnes.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos..  Kali  phos. 

Arteritis:  Ferr.  phos. 

Blood  vessels,  enlargement  of:   Calc.  fluor. 

Carditis:   Ferr.  phos. 

Chronic  heart  disease:  Silicea. 

Circulation  sluggish:  Kali  phos. 

Dilatation  of  bloodvessels:   Calc.  fluor. 

heart :  Ferr.  phos. ,  Calc.  fluor. 
Dizziness  from  weak  heart  action:  Kali  phos. 
Embolism:   Kalimur. 
Endocarditis:  Ferr.  phos. 
Extremities  numb:  Natr.  mur. 
Faintness  from  fright  or  fatigue:  Kali  phos 
Hands  cold:  Natr.  mur. 
Heart,  constriction  about:  Natr.  mur. 

dilatation  of:  Ferr.  phos  ,  Calc.  fluor. 

fluttering  about:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos 

hypertrophy:  Natr.  mur. 

pain  at  base:  Natr.  phos. 

around,  during  inspiration:   Calc.  phos. 
Intermittent  action  of  heart:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Lymphangitis:  Ferr.  phos. 
Naevi:    Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor. 
Non-closure  of  foramen  ovale:   Calc.  phos. 
Pains  at  base  of  heart:  Natr.  phos. 

around,  during  inspiration:  Calc.  phos. 


396  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Palpitation  after  rheumatic  fever:  Kali phos. 
violent  motion:  Silicea,  Ferr.  phos. 

feels  pulse  in  different  parts  of  body:  Natr.  phos. 

from  excessive  flow  of  blood:  Kali  mur. 

mental  emotion  or  going  up  stairs:  Kali  phos. 

nervous  and  spasmodic:  Magnes.  phos. 

with  anxiety:    Calc.  phos.,  Natr   mur. 

sleeplessness:  Kali  phos. 
Pericarditis:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph. 
Phlebitis:  Ferr.  phos. 
Pulse  felt  all  over  body:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 

full,  round,  not  rope-like:    Ferr.  phos. 

intermittent:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

irregular:  Kali  phos. 

quick:  Kali  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 

rapid:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Silicea. 

scarcely  perceptible:  Kali  sulph. 
Telangiectases:  Ferr.  phos. 
Trembling  about  heart:  Natr.  phos. 
Tumors,  vascular:   Calc.  fluor. 
Varicose  ulcerations:   Calc.  fluor. 

veins:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc,  fluor. 
Vascular  tumors:   Calc.  fluor. 

Back  and  Extremities. 

Aching  of  limbs:   Calc.  phos. 

of  shoulders:   Calc.  phos. 

between  scapulae:  Kali  phos. 
Anaemia,  spinal:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Anchylosis  of  knee:  Silicea. 
Ankles  feel  as  if  dislocated:   Calc.  phos. 

pain:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea,  Ferr.  phos. 

weak:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Arms  feel  heavy:  Silicea 

tired:  Natr.  phos. 
Arthritic  rheumatism:  Natr.  phos. 

swellings:  Natr.  mur. 
Back,  acute  boring  pain  in:   Magnes.  phos. 

asleep:   Calc.  phos. 

carbuncles  on:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

cold:  Natr.  mur. 


REPERTORY.  397 

Back,  crick  in:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph. 
darting  in:  Magnes.  phos. 
neuralgic  pains  in:  Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos. 
pain  in,  low  down:   Calc.  fluor. 
between  scapulae:   Calc.  phos. 
relieved  by  motion :  Kali  phos. 
rheumatic  pains:  Kali  sulph. 
soreness  in:  Nalr.  sulph. 
spasms  in:  Nalr.  sulph. 
weak  feeling  in:  Natr.  phos. 
Backache,  aggravated  in  the  evening:  Kali  sulph. 
in  the  lumbar  region  in  the  morning:   Calc.  phos. 

warm  room :  Kali  sulph . 
ameliorated  by  lying  on  something  hard:  Natr.  mur. 

in  open  air :  Kali  sulph . 
stimulating  spinal  irritation :   Calc.  fluor. 
Blistering  festers  on  fingers:  Natr.  mur. 
Bowlegs  in  children:    Calc.  phos. 
Bruised  feeling  all  over:  Kali  phos. 

pain  in  back:   Natr.  sulph. 
Bunions  :  Kali  mur. 

Burning  of  soles  :   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Natrum  mur. 
Bursse  :   Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor. 
Buttock  asleep:   Calc.  phos. 
Calves,  cramps  in:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

weakness  in:  Natr.  mur. 
Carbuncles  on  the  back:  Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Caries  of  bones  of  extremities:  Silicea. 
Cervical  glands  enlarged:  Kali  mur. 

indurated:   Calc. fluor. 
Chilblains:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
Chronic  swelling  of  legs:  Kali  mur. 
Coldness  in  back  and  extremities:  Natr.  mur. 

of  limbs:   Calc.  phos. 
Contraction  of  extensors:  Natr.  phos. 
Coccyx  hurts  after  riding:  Silicea. 
Coxalgia  :  Natr.  mur. 

Cracking  of  joints:  Calc.  fluor.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
tendons:  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 


398  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Cramps  in  calves:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

hands  while  writing:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

extremities:  Kali  sulph. 
Crawling  and  creeping  in  the  limbs:   Calc.  phos. 
Crick  in  the  back:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph. 

neck:  Natr.  phos. 
Dragging  down  in  back:   Calc.fiuor. 
Elbow-joint  swollen:   Calc.  fiuor. 

Emaciation  of  neck  in  children:  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 
Epipheses  swollen:   Calc.  phos. 
Excruciating  pains  in  joints:  Magnes.  phos. 
Exostoses  on  fingers:    Calc.  fiuor. 
Extensors,  contraction  of:  Natr.  phos. 
Extremities  numb:  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Feet,  burning  of:  Kali  phos. 

cold  by  day,  warm  at  night:  Natr.  phos. 

fall  asleep:  Natr.  mur. 

tender,  tired:  Silicea. 

swell:  Kali  mur. 

itching  of  soles  of:    Calc.  sulph. 

languor  and  cedema  of:  Natr.  sulph. 

tender:  Magnes.  phos. 

tonic  spasms  of:  Silicea. 
Felon:   Calc.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Silicea,  Natr.  sulph. 
Fetid  perspiration  of  feet:  Silicea. 
Fidgety  feeling  in  feet:  Kali  phos. 
Finger-joints  enlarged:   Calc.  fiuor. 

inflamed:  Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

itching  blisters  on:  Natr.  mur. 

stiff:   Calc.  sulph.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Fistulous  ulcers:   Silicea. 

about  the  feet:   Calc.  phos. 
Fungoid  inflammation  of  joints:  Kali  sulph. 
Ganglion  at  back  of  wrist:   Calc.  fiuor. 
Gait  unsteady:  Natr.  phos. 
Glands,  cervical,  enlarged:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 

indurated:   Calc.fiuor. 
Goitre:   Calc.fiuor.,  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Gout,  acute:  Natr.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

chronic:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos. 


REPERTORY.  390 

Gout,  enlargement  of  joints  by:   Calc.  fluor. 

pains  in:   Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 

periodical  attacks  of:  Natr.   mur. 

rheumatic,  aggravated  at  night:   Calc.  phos. 
Hamstrings,. sore:  Natr.  phos. 

painful  contraction  of:  Natr.  mur. 
Hands  cold:  Natr.  mur. 

fall  asleep:   Calc.  phos. 

feel  heavy:  Silicea. 

get  stiff  while  writing:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur  ,  Natr.  phos. 

involuntary  shaking  of:  Magnes.  phos. 

palms  of,  hot :  Ferr.  phos. 

hard  and  sore:  Natr.  sulph. 

skin  of,  dry  and  cracked:   Natr.  mur. 

spasms  of:  Silicea. 

swollen  and  painful:  Ferr.  phos. 

tremble:  Natr.  sulph. 

warts  in  palms  of:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Hangnails:  Natr.  mur. 
Hips,  pains  in:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

left,  stitches  in:  Natr.  sulph. 
Hip-joint  disease:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Silicea, 

Calc.  phos. 
Housemaid's  knee:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Idiopathic  softening  of  spinal  cord:  Kali  phos. 
Indurated  cervical  glands:   Calc.  fluor. 

Inflammation  of  joints:  Ferr.  phos.,   Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos., 

Natr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 

fungoid:  Kali  sulph. 

knee-joint:   Calc.  fluor. 
Ingrowing  toe  nails:  Silicea,  Kali  mur. 
Involuntary  jerkings  during  sleep:  Natr.  mur. 

shaking  of  hands:  Magnes.  phos. 
Itching  of  legs:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

like  insect  bites:  Natr.  phos. 

palms:  Kali  phos. 

soles:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 

toes:  Natr.  sulph. 
Joints,  chronic  rheumatism  of:  Natr.  mur  ,  Calc.  phos. 

cracking  in:   Calc.  fluor.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 


400  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Joints,  fungoid  inflammation  of:  Kali  sulph. 

gouty  enlargements  of:   Calc.  fluor. 

sore  pain  in:  Natr.  phos. 

swelling  around:  Kali  mur. 
Knees,  chronic  synovitis  of:  Silicea. 

herpes  in  bend  of:  Natr.  mur. 

inflamed:   Calc.  fluor. 

pain :  Natr.  phos. ,  Ferr.  phos. ,  Calc.  phos. 

weakness  of:  Natr.  mur. 
Lameness,  from  cold:  Ferr. phos. 

paralytic  and  rheumatic:  Kali  phos. 
Legs  give  way  while  walking:  Natr.  phos. 
Limbs  fall  asleep:   Natr.  mur. 

feel  tired:  Silicea. 

itch:  Kali  mur. 

jerking  of:  Natr.  mur 

neuralgic  pains  in:  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 

numbness  and  coldness  of:   Calc.  phos. 

trembling  of:   Calc.  phos. 
Locomotor  ataxia:  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Lumbago  from  strains:   Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Meningitis,  spinal:    Natr.  sulph. 
Motion  aggravates  pains:  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 

ameliorates  pain:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
Muscular  weakness:  Kali  phos. 
Nails,  crippled  and  brittle:  Silicea,  Kali  sulph. 

pains  at  roots  of:   Calc.  phos. 
Nape,  drawing  in:  Natr.  sulph. 

pains  in:  Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Neck,  emaciated,  in  children:    Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

stiff  from  cold:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
Neuralgic  pains  in  limbs:  Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Numbness  of  limbs:  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
(Edema  of  feet:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Osseous  tumors:   Calc.  fluor. 

Oversensitiveness  of  spine:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Pains  in  back  or  extremities,  aching  between  scapulae:   Calc. 
phos. 

acute:  Magnes.  phos. 

aggravated  by  exertion:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 


REPERTORY.  401 

Pains  in  the  back  or  extremities,  acute,  aggravated  by  fatigue: 
Kali  phos. 
motion:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
warmth  of  bed:  Kali  mur. 
in  the  evening:  Kali  sulph. 

warm  weather:  Kali  sulph. 
when  rising:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
ameliorated  by  gentle  motion:  Kali  phos. 

in  open  air:  Kali  sulph. 
boring:  Magnes.  phos. 
darting:  Magnes.  phos. 
in  shin-bones:   Calc.  phos. ,  Natr.  phos. 
coccyx:   Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph. 
knees:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
sacro-iliac  synchondroses:   Calc.  phos. 
roots  of  finger  nails:   Calc.  phos. 
soles  of  feet:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
wrist:  Natr.  phos. 
lightning-like:  Kali  mur.,  Magnes.  phos. 
low  down  in  back:   Calc.  fluor. 
neuralgic:  Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos. 
periodical:  Kali  sulph. 
rheumatic:  Kali  sulph. 

shifting:  Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
shoulders:  Silicea,  Ferr.  phos. 
spasmodic:  Magnes.  phos. 
suddenly  go  to  heart:  Natr.  phos. 
through  feet:  Silicea. 
Palms  of  hands  hot:  Ferr.  phos. 
itch:  Kali  phos. 
raw  and  sore:  Natr.  sulph. 
Paralytic  lameness:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

tendency:  Kali  phos. 
Paralysis  agitans:  Magnes.  phos. 

Panaritium:    Calc.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Phalanges  easily  dislocated:   Calc.  fluor. 
Pott's  disease:   Calc.  phos. 
Proud  flesh:  Kali  mur.,  Silicea. 
Psoas  abscess:  Silicea. 
Rheumatic  fever:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
gouty  pains:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 
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4<32      "  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Rheumatic  fever,  lameness:  Kali  phos. 

stiffness  of  neck:   Calc.  phos. 
Rheumatism,  acute:   Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali 
phos. ,  Kali  mur. 
aggravated  by  change  of  weather:   Calc.  phos. 
exertion:  Kali  phos. 
fatigue:  Kali  phos. 
heat  or  cold:   Calc.  phos. 
motion:  Ferr.  phos. 
night:    Calc.  phos. 
warmth  of  bed:  Kali  mur. 
in  the  morning:  Kali  phos. 
ameliorated  \>y  gentle  motion:  Kali  phos. 

warmth:  Ferr. phos. 
articular:  Ferr. phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
chronic:   Calc.   phos.,    Kali  mur.,    Kali  phos.,    Natr.    mur., 
Natr.   sulph.,   Natr.  phos.,    Kali  siclph.,    Silicea, 
Calc.  sulph. 
felt  during  motion:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
flying  about:   Calc.  phos. ,  Kali  sulph. 
of  joints,  violent  pains:  Kali  sulph.,    Magnes.   phos.,    Calc. 

phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
muscular:  Ferr.  phos. 
subacute:  Ferr.  phos. 
Sacro-iliac  synchondroses,  pains  in:    Calc.  phos. 
Sciatica:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.   sulph., 

Natr.  mur.,  Ferr. phos. 
Sensation  of  ants  creeping  over  parts:   Calc.  phos. 

insect  bites:    Natr.  phos. 
Shifting  pains  in  back:  Kali  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Shooting  through  elbows:   Calc.  phos. 
Slow  in  learning  to  walk:   Calc.  phos. 
Soles  burn:   Calc.  sulph.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
drawing  in:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 
itch:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
Soreness  between  shoulders:  Silicea. 

of  thighs:   Calc.  phos. 
Spina  bifida:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor.,  Silicea. 
ventosa:   Calc.  fluor. 


REPERTORY.  403 

Spinal  anaemia:  Kaliphos.,  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

cord,  softening  of:   Kali  phos. 

curvature:   Calc,  phos.,  Silicea. 

irritation:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 

meningitis:  Natr.  sulph. 

oversensitiveness:  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Spine  sensitive  to  touch:    Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Stiffness  of  body:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

after  rest:  Kali  phos. 

after  cold:  Ferr.  phos. 
Stiff  neck  from  cold:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
Strains  of  ligaments  or  tendons:  Ferr.  phos. 
Stumbles  easily:  Kali  phos. 
Sweat  of  axillae  or  feet  offensive:  Silicea. 
Swelling  of  legs,  chronic:  Kali  mur. 
Synovitis,  chronic:  Silicea,  Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.  phos. 
Tenalgia   crepitans:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  phos.,  Calc. 

fluor. 
Thighs,  inside  of,  draw:  Natr.  phos. 
Tired  feeling  in  back:   Calc.  fluor. 
Toe-nails  grow  in:  Silicea,  Kali  mur. 
Toes,  itching  of:  Natr.  sulph. 
Tonic  spasms  of  hands,  feet  or  toes:  Silicea. 
Ulcers  of  extremities  :  Kali  mur. 

indolent:  Silicea,  Calc.  phos. 

syphilitic:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Urticaria  about  joints:   Natr.  mur. 
Warts  in  palms:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
'Weakness,  general:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 
Weariness  :  Natr.  mur. 

Whitlow:    Calc.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Silicea,  Natr.  sulph. 
Wounds  suppurating:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Wrists  ache:  Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

Nervous  Symptoms. 

Alcoholism :   Magnes.  phos. 

Anaemia,  spinal:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 

Atrophic  paralysis:  Kali  phos. 

Ball,  sensation  of,  in  throat:  Kali  phos. 

Bladder,  paralysis  of:  Kali  phos. 


404  THE   TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Bodily  pains  felt  too  acutely:  Kali phos. 
Chorea:  Natr.  mur.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 

from  worms:  Silicea. 

with  retarded  stools:  Natr.  sulph. 
Clenched  fingers  or  fists:  Magnes.  phos. 
Congestive  neuralgia  :  Ferr.  phos. 
Contortions  of  the  limbs:  Magnes.  phos. 
Convulsions  during  development:   Calc.  phos. 

in  teething  children:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

with  stiffness:  Magnes.  phos. 
Convulsive  sobbing:  Magnes.  phos. 

Cramps,  writer's  or  violin  player's:  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
Crawling  sensation,  as  of  ants:   Calc.  phos. 
Creeping  paralysis:  Kali  phos. 
Debility  after  acute  diseases:   Calc.  phos. 

hysterical:  Natr.  mur. 

nervous:  Kali  phos. 
Depression,  nervous:  Kali  phos. 
Easily  fatigued:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Epilepsy  after  suppressed  eruptions:  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 

from  fright:  Kali  phos. 

from  vicious  habits:  Magnes.  phos. 

occuring  at  night:  Silicea. 

with  rush  of  blood  to  head:  Ferr.  phos. 
Exhaustion,  nervous:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

with  colic:  Natr.  sulph. 
erethism:    Silicea. 
Facial  paralysis  :  Kali  phos. 
Failure  of  strength:  Kali  phos. 
Fears  burglars:  Kali  phos. 
Fidgety  feeling:  Kali  phos. 
Fingers  clenched  :  Magnes.  phos. 
Gait  unsteady,  as  if  paralyzed:  Natr.  phos. 
Globus  hystericus  :  Kali  phos. 

Hands  tremble  when  writing:  Natr.  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Hemiplegia:  Kali  sulph. 
Hiccough:  Natr.  mur.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Hysteria  from  sudden  emotions:  Kali  phos. 

obstinate:  Silicea. 

with  debility:  Natr.  mur. 


REPERTORY.  405 

Infantile  paralysis  :  Kali phos. 
Inflammatory  neuralgia:  Ferr.  phos. 
Involuntary  movements  :  Magnes.  phos. 
Languor:   Calc.  sitlph.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
Lightning-like  pains:   Magnes.  phos. 
Lockjaw  :  Magnes.  phos. 
Loss  of  motor  power:  Kali  phos. 

sense  of  touch:   Kali  phos. 
Nervous  exhaustion:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

from  sexual  excess:  Kali  phos. 
Nervousness  at  night:  Fe?'r.  phos. 
Neuralgia,  congestive:  Ferr.  phos. 

inflammatory:  Ferr.  phos. 

intercostal :  Magnes.  phos. 

like  electrical  shocks:    Calc.  phos. ,  Magnes.  phos. 

occurring  at  night :   Calc.  phos. ,  Magnes.  phos. 

obstinate:  Silicea. 

of  anus:   Calc.  phos. 

recurring:  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 
Neuralgia,  shifting:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

worse  from  change  of  water:   Calc.  phos. 
Night  terrors  of  children:  Kali  phos. 
Paralysis  agitans:  Magnes.  phos. 

atrophic:  Kali  phos. 

coming  on  suddenly:  Kali  phos. 

creeping :  Kali  phos. 

facial:  Kali  phos. 

from  tabes  dorsalis:  Silicea. 

infantile:  Kali  phos. 

locomotor:   Kali  phos. 

of  any  part:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
bladder:  Kali  phos. 

rheumatic:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Restless,  desire  to  move:  Natr.  sulph. 

Sciatica:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,   Natr.   sulph. 
Sensation  of  ball  in  throat:  Kali  phos. 

and  creeping  over  parts:   Calc.  phos. 

of  numbness:  Natr.  mur. 

of  trembling:  Kali  phos. 
Sensitive  to  noise  and  light:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 

cold  air:  Silicea. 


406  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Singultus:  Natr.  mur.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Shootings  along  nerves:  Natr.  mur.,  Magnes.  phos 
Spasms  from  slight  provocation:  Silicea. 

of  glottis:   Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

spread  from  solar  plexus:  Silicea. 

tetanic:  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  -mur. 
Spasmodic  closure  of  sphincters:  Silicea. 
Spinal  anaemia:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos. 

irritation:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Silicea. 
Squinting  from  worms:  Natr.  phos. 
Startled  at  least  noise:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
Stammering,  spasmodic:  Magnes.  phos. 
Stiffness:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Tabes  dorsalis  :  Kali  mur. ,  Silicea. 
Teeth  clenched  :  Magnes.  phos. 
Tetanic  spasms:  Magnes.  phos. 
Thumbs  drawn  in  :  Magnes.  phos. 
Tired  feeling :  Natr.   sulph.,   Natr.  phos  ,  Magnes.  phos.,    Kali 

phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Tic  douloureux:  Ferr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
Trembling  of  the  body:  Natr.  phos.,   Natr.  sulph.,    Calc.  phos., 

Kali  phos. 

limbs:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Twitchings  :   Calc.  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

of  hands  during  sleep:  Natr.  sulph.,  Magnes.  phos. 
facial  muscles  from  worms:  Natr.  phos. 
Weakness:   Calc.   sulph.,    Calc.jluor.,   Kali  phos.,    Calc.   phos., 

Ferr.  phos. 
Weary  feeling  :  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. ,  Kali  phos. ,  Natr.  mur., 

Natr.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Writer's  cramps  :  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  phos. 

Sleep  and  Dreams. 

Awakes  screaming:  Kali  phos. 
Awakened  by  flatulent  pains:  Natr.  sulph. 
Children  cry  out  during  sleep:   Calc.  phos. 
Constant  stretching  and  yawning:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Desire  to  sleep  constant:  Natr.  mur. 
in  morning :  Kali  phos. 


REPERTORY.  407 

Dreams,  anxious:  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
heavy:  Natr.  sulph. 
lascivious:  Kali  phos. 
of  convulsions  from  fright:   Calc.  sulph. 
falling:  Kali  phos. 
fire :   Kali  phos. 
ghosts:  Kali  phos. 
new  scenes,  places,  etc. :  Calc.  fluor. 
robbers:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
sexual :  Natr.  phos. 

with  sense  of  danger :   Calc.  fluor. ,  Magnes.  phos. 
vivid:  Kali  sulph. 

with  sense  of  impending  danger:   Calc.  fluor. 
Drowsiness:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
in  the  afternoon:  Ferr.  phos. 
old  people:   Calc.  phos. 
During  sleep  children  cry  out:   Calc.  phos. 

jerking  of  limbs:  Silicea,  Magnes.  phos. 
Excessive  sleep:  Natr.  mur. 
Falls  asleep  while  sitting:  Natr.  phos. 
Feels  tired  in  the  morning:  Natr.  mur. 
Hard  to  awaken  in  the  morning:   Calc.  phos. 
Insomnia :  Natr.  mur. 

from  exhaustion :  Magnes.  phos. 
Jerking  of  limbs  during  sleep:  Silicea,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Restless  sleep  :  Natr.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
Sleeplessness  after  worry:  Kali  phos. 
excitement:  Kali  phos. 
from  business  worry:  Kali  phos. 
from  exhaustion :   Magnes.  phos. 
hyperaemia:  Ferr.  phos. 
itching:  Natr.  phos. 
orgasm  of  blood:  Silicea. 
nervous  irritation:  Natr.  mur. 
Sleep,  excessive:  Natr.  mur. 

restless:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.   mur. 
unrefreshing:  Natr.  mur. 
Sleepy  during  day,  wakeful  at  night:   Calc.  sulph. 
Somnambulism:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Spasmodic  yawning:   Magnes.  phos. 


4-08  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Startled  at  least  noise:  Kali  mur. 

Starting  during  sleep:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 

Stretching:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

Tired  in  the  morning  on  awaking:  Natr.  mur. 

Twitching  of  muscles  on  falling  asleep:  Kali  phos. 

Unrefreshing  sleep  :  Natr.  mur. 

Wakeful  at  night:   Calc.  sulph. 

Yawning,  hysterical:  Kali  phos. 

spasmodic:  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 

Febrile  Symptoms. 
Ague  :    Nat) .  mur. 

Bilious  fever:  Natr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Blisters,  fever,  on  lips:  Natr.  mur. 
Brain  fever  :  Kali  phos. 
Camp  fever  :  Kali  phos. 
Catarrhal  fever:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Chilliness:   Silicea,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 

after  dinner:  at  7  p.  m.:  Magnes.  phos. 
Chill  from  morning  till  noon:  Natr.  ?nur. 

every  day  at  if.  K,:  Ferr.  phos. 
Chills  run  up  and  down  the  back:  Magnes.  phos. 
Cold  sweat :  Kali  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 
Enteric  fever  :  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos., 

Natr.  mur. 
Feet  icy  cold  :  Natr.  phos. 

burn  at  night:   Natr.  phos.,  Silicea. 
Fever,  bilious:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

brain:  Kali  phos. 

camp:  Kali  phos. 

catarrhal:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Fever,  enteric:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos., 
Natr.  mur. 

from  blood-poisoning:  Kali  sulph. 

gastric:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

hay:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 

hectic:  Silicea,  Calc.  sulph. 

inflammatory:  Ferr.  phos. 

intermittent:  Magnes.  phos.,  Kali  mtir.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr. 
phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Calc. 
phos. ,  Kali  sulph. 


REPERTORY.  409 

Fever,  malignant  and  putrid:  Kali  p ho s. 

nervous:  Kali  phos. 

puerperal :  Kali  mur. 

remittent:  Natr.  sulph. 

rheumatic:  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 

scarlet:  Kali    sulph.,    Kali  mur.,    Natr.   mur.,  Ferr.  phos., 
Kali  phos. 

typhoid:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.   mur.,    Ferr.  phos., 
Kali  phos. 

yellow:  Natr.  sulph. 
Intermittent  fever.      (See  above.) 

after  quinine:  Natr.  vtur. 

chronic:   Calc.  phos. 

with  acid  vomiting:  Natr.  phos. 
cramps:  Magnes.  phos. 
debilitating  perspiration:  Kali  phos. 

vomiting  of  food:  Ferr.  phos. 

yellow  slimy-coated  tongue:  Kali  sulph. 
Night-sweats,  profuse:  Na.tr.  mur.,    Calc.  phos.,  Silicea,   Natr. 

sulph.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Perspiration  about  head:  Silicea. 

cold:  Kali  sulph. 

debilitating:  Kali  phos. 

fetid:  Kali  phos. 

profuse:  Kali  phos. 

sour  and  acid:  Natr.  phos. 

while  eating:  Kali  phos. 
Petechiae  :  Kali  phos. 
Rigors  :  Ferr.  phos. 

Scarlet  fever:  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur. ,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur., 
Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

as  preventive:  Kali  mur. 
Sensitive  to  cold  air:  Silicea. 
Sweat  about  head:  Silicea,  Calc.  phos. 

cold:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 

debilitating:  Kali  phos. 

fetid:  Kali  phos. 

night,    profuse    at:  Natr.    mur.,    Calc.   phos.,    Silicea,    Calc. 
sulph . 

profuse:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 


4-IO  THE   TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Sweat  sour  and  weakening:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

while  eating:   Kali phos. 

without  thirst:  Natr.  sidph. 
Temperature  rises  during  evening:  Kali  sulph. 
Typhus  fever:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Nat?',  mur.,  Ferr.  phos., 

Kali  phos. 
Yellow  fever:  Natr.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

Skin. 

Abscess  :  Kali  mur. ,  Silicea,  Calc.  sulph. ,  Calc.fiuor. ,  Ferr.  phos. , 
Kali  phos. 

fistulous:  Silicea,  Natr.   sulph. 
Acne:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Silicea. 

rosacea :   Calc.  phos. 
Alopecia  areata  :  Kali  phos. 
Anaemic  eruptions  :    Calc.  phos. 
Barber's  itch:  Magnes.  phos. 
Beard  falls  out  :  Natr.  mur. 

Blebs  on  skin:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Blisters  on  skin:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 
Boils  :  Magnes.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea,  Ferr.  phos. ,  Kali  mur. 

tendency  to:   Silicea. 
Bunions  :  Kali  mur. 
Burns  :  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph. 
Chafed  skin:    Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 

from  rubbing:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 
Chaps:    Calc.fiuor. 

Chicken  pox:  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph..  Kali  mur.,  Silicea. 
Chilblains:  Kali  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Chronic  skin  diseases  :  Natr.  mur. 
Coppery  spots  :   Silicea. 
Cracks  on  skin:   Calc.  jluor. 

between  toes:  Natr.  mur. 
Crawling  sensation  on  skin:  Kali  phos. 
Crusta  lactea:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Dandruff:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 
Desquamation,  to  promote:  Kali  sulph. 
Eczema  after  vaccination:  Kali  mur. 

behind  ears:  Natr.  mur. 

eyebrows:  Natr.  mur. 


REPERTORY.  41 1 

Eczema  from  eating  too  much  salt:  Natr.  mur. 

in  the  bends  of  joints:  Natr.  mur. 

squamosum:  Silicea. 

suddenly  suppressed:  Kali  sulph. 

with  fine  scales:  Natr.  mur. 
oversensitive:  Kaliphos. 
symptoms  of  acidity:  Natr.  phos. 
vesicles,  whitish:  Kali  mur. 
yellow-greenish  secretions:  Kali  sulph. 
water}'  vesicles:  Natr.  sulph. 
white  scabs:   Calc.  phos. 
Epithelial  cancers  :  Kali  sulph. 
Eruptions,  anaemic  and  gouty:   Calc.  phos. 

burning  and  itching:    Kali  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 

herpetic:   Calc.  sulph. 

miliary:  Natr.  mur. 
Eruptions  on  flexor  surfaces:  Natr.  mur. 

scaly:  Kali  sulph. 

scrofulous:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 

suddenly  receding:  Kali  sulph. 

with  stomach  and  menstrual  affections:  Kali  mur. 
Erysipelas,  blistering:  Kali  sulph. 

deep-seated :  Silicea . 

occasional :   Calc.  fluor. 

phlegmonous:    Silicea. 

smooth,  red,  and  shining:  Natr.  sulph.,  Ferr.  phos. 

vesicular:  Kali  mur. 
Erythema:  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  mur. 
Excoriations  :   Calc.  phos. 
Excrescences,  sycotic:  Natr.  sulph. 
Exudations.      (See  under  Tissues.) 
Fissures  of  anus:   Calc.  fluor. 

skin:   Calc.  fluor.,  Silicea. 
Felons:    Calc.  fluor.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Freckles  :   Calc.  phos. 
Fungus  haematodes  :  Natr.  mur. 
Hair  falls  out:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
Hang-nails:  Natr.  mur. 
Herpes,  acute:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  sulph. 

chronic:   Calc.  phos. 


412  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Herpes,  circinatus:  Natr.  mur. 

in  bends  of  knee:  Natr.  mur. 

in  elbow:  Natr.  mur. 

in  palms:  Kali  sutph. 

zoster:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur.,  Silicea. 
Hives:  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulpli.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  pfios. 
Ingrowing  toe-nails  :  Kali  mur.,  Silicea. 
Inflammation  of  skin:  Ferr.  phos. 
Insect-bites  :  Natr.  mur. 

rash-like,  about  knees  and  ankles:  Magnes.  phos. 
Intertrigo  :  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 
Irritating  secretions  :  Kali  phos. 

Itching  of  skin:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
soles:   Calc  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 

after  violent  exertion:  Natr.  mur. 

all  over  body:  Natr.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

hands  and  feet:  Kali  phos. 

senile:   Calc.  phos. 

with  crawling:  Kali  phos. 

while  undressing:  Natr.  sulph.  , 

violent:  Natr.  mur. 
Ivy-poison  :  Kali  sulph. 
Jaundiced  skin  :  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 
Lepra  :  Silicea. 
Lupus  :   Calc.  phos. ,  Kali  mur. 

Measles:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Miliary  eruptions  :  Natr.  mur. 
Moist  skin  affections  :  Natr.  sulph. 
Nsevus  :  Ferr.  phos. 

crippled  and  brittle:  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea. 
Nails,  diseased:  Kali  sulph.,  Silicea. 

interrupted  growth:  Kali  sulph. 
Nettlerash  :  Kali  sulph. 
Nodes  :  Silicea. 

(Edematous  inflammations:  Natr.  sulph. 
Palms  fissured:  Calc.  fluor. 

raw  and  sore:  Natr.  sulph. 

scaly  tetter  in:  Kali  sulph. 
Pemphigus  :  Natr.  mur  ,  Silicea,  Natr.  sulph. 

malignus:  Kali  phos. 


REPERTORY.  413 

Pimples  on  skin:  Ferr.    phos.,   Kali  mur.,    Calc.   sulph.,   Natr. 

sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 
Poison  oak  :  Kali  sulph. 
Prurigo  :   Calc.  phos. 
Pruritis  :   Calc.  phos. 

vaginal:    Calc.  phos. 
Pustules  :    Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

malignant:  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 
Rhagades  :   Calc.fluor.,  Silicea. 
Rose-rash  :  Natr.  phos. 
Rubbing  agreeable:  Kali  phos. 
Rupia :  Natr.  mur. 
Scarlet  fever:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  mur., 

Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos. 
Scrofulous  eruptions:   Calc.  phos.,  Silicea. 

ulcerations:   Calc.  phos. 
Shingles  :  Natr.  mur. ,  Kali  mur. 
Skin,  blebs  on:  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

bleeds  when  scratched:    Calc.  sulph. 

blisters  on:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur. 

burning:   Silicea. 

chafed:   Calc.  phos.,   Natr.  phos.,   Natr.  sulph.,   Kali  sulph., 
Kali  phos. ,  Natr.  mur. ,  Kali  mur. 

chaps  on:    Calc.fluor. 

cracks:   Calc.fluor. 

dirty:  Natr.  mur. 

dry:  Kali  sulph.,  Calc.  phos. 

flaccid,  torpid:  Natr.  mur. 

golden-yellow  scabs  on:  Natr.  phos. 

greasy:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  phos. 

harsh:  Kali  sulph. 

heals  with  difficulty:  Silicea. 

inflamed:  Ferr.  phos. 

itches:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Kali  phos.,  Silicea. 

papules  on:  Silicea. 

peels  off:  Kali  sulph . 

pimples  on:  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Natr.  sulph., 
Calc.  phos. 

scabs  on:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

scales  on:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,   Kali  mur.,  Kali  sulph. 


414  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Skin,  sensitive:   Silicea. 

sore:  Natr.  mur. 

tubercles  on:   Calc.  phos. 

vesicles  on:   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

watery  vesicles:  Natr.  mur. 

wheals:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  imir. 

wrinkled:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
Smallpox:  Kali  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Kali  mur.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali 

sulph.,  Silicea. 
Suppression  of  eruptions:  Kali  sulph. 
Swelling  of  skin  :  Natr.  sulph. 
Sycosis:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 

excrescences  in:  Natr.  sulph. 
Tinea  capitis  :  Kali  sulph. 
Tingling  of  skin  :   Kali  sulph. 
Tubercles  on  skin:   Calc.  phos. 
Ulcerations,  fistulous:   Calc.  fiuor.,  Silicea. 

indolent:   Calc.  fiuor. 

inflamed:  Ferr.  phos. 

proud  flesh:  Silicea,  Kali  mur. 

purulent:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

scrofulous:   Calc.  phos. 
Urticaria  :  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos. 
Vaginal  pruritus  :   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 
V^arts  on  palms:    Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Watery  secretions:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  mur. 
Wheals  :  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  rmir. 
White  scabs:   Calc.  phos. 

scales  on  scalp:  Natr.  mur.,  Kali  mur. 

vesicles:    Calc.  phos. 
Whitlow  :   Calc.  fiuor.,  Silicea,  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos. 
Wrinkled  skin  :  Kali  phos. 
Yellow  scabs:   Calc.  phos. 

scales:  Natr.  sulph. 

vesicles:    Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

Tissues. 

Abscess,  about  anus:   Calc.  sulph. 
inflammatory:  Ferr.  phos. 
of  gums:   Calc.  fiuor.,  Silicea,  Calc.  sulph. 


REPERTORY.  415 

Abscess,  pelvic:   Calc.  fluor. 

swelling:  Kali  mur. 

to  shorten  suppuration:   Calc.  sulph. 

with  fistulous  openings:  Silicea. 

adynamic  symptoms:  Kali  phos. 
Addison's  disease  :   Natr.  mur. 
Adynamic  conditions:    Natr.  mur.,  Kali phos. 
Anaemia:   Calc .  fluor ., Calc .  phos.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Natr.  mitr.,  Kali 
phos. ,  Kali  mur. 

in  infants:  Silicea. 
Anaemia,  spinal:  Natr.  phos. 
Anasarca  :  Natr.  mur. 
Atrophy:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Basedow's  disease  :  Natr.  mur. 
Blows,  effects  of :  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 
Boils  :  Silicea,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos. 

tendency  to:  Silicea. 
Bone,  bruises  on:   Calc.  fluor. 

brittle  and  thin:   Calc.  phos. 

exostoses  on:   Calc.  phos. 

fractures  of:   Calc.  phos.,  Ferr.  phos. 

inflammation  of  soft  parts  about:  Ferr.  phos. 

necrosis  of:  Silicea. 

osteophytes:  Ferr.  phos. 

rough,  uneven:   Calc.  fluor. 

suppuration  of:   Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

to  favor  deposit  of  lime  in:  Natr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos.' 

ulceration  of:  Silicea,  Calc.  fluor. 
Breasts,  knots  in:   Calc.  fluor. 

fistulous  sinuses  in:   Gale,  fluor. 

tumors  in:   Calc.  fluor. 
Bronchocele  :   Calc.  phos. 
Bruises  :   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 
Burns  :   Calc.  sulph. ,  Kali  mur. 
Bursae  :   Calc.  phos. ,  Calc.  fluor. ,  Silicea. 
Cachexia,  from  ague  plus  Quinine:  Natr.  mur. 
Cancer:  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 
Carbuncles  :  Silicea,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,   Kali 

phos. 
Cellular  suppuration:  Silicea,  Calc.  sulph. 


41 6  THE  TWELVE   TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Chlorotic  conditions:  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 

Condyles  swollen:   Calc.  phos. 

Croupous  exudations:  Kali  mur. 

Cysts:   Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph. 

Debility  :  Kali  phos. 

Diathesis,  phosphatic:   Calc.  phos. 

scrofulous:  Silicea,  Calc.  phos. 
Discharges.     (See  Exudations.) 
Dropsy:   Silicea,  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 

from  heart  disease:   Calc.  fiuor.,  Kali  mur. 
loss  of  blood:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
obstruction  of  bile-ducts:  Kali  mur. 
Dropsy  from  weakness  of  heart:  Kali  mur. 

simple:  Natr.  sulph. 
Ecchymoses:   Kali  mur. 
Elastic  fibres  relaxed:   Calc.  fluor. 
Emaciation:   Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 

while  living  well:  Natr.  mur. 
Enchondroma :  Silicea. 
Encysted  tumors:    Calc.  fluor. 
Epistaxis  in  children:  Ferr.  phos. 
Epithelioma:  Kali  sulph. 
Exhaustion  :  Kali  phos. 
Exudations,  albuminous:   Calc.  phos. 

causing  soreness,  excoriating:  Natr.  phos. ,  Natr.  mur. 

creamy:  Natr.  phos. 

fibrinous:  Kali  mur. 

hardened :   Calc.  fiuor. 

honey-colored:  Natr.  phos. 

irritating:  Kali  phos. 

lymph:  Kali  mur. 

offensive:  Silicea,  Kali  phos . 

purulent:  Kali  sulph.,  Calc.  sulph. 

sanious:   Calc.  sulph. 

serous:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  phos. 

watery:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 

yellow:  Natr.  sulph.,  Natr.  phos.,  Kali  sulph. 
Felons:    Calc.  sulph.,   Ferr.  phos.,    Silicea,    Natr.    sulph.,    Calc. 

fiuor.,  Kali  phos. 
Follicular  infiltrations  :  Kali  mur. 


REPERTORY.  417 

Fungi,  easily  bleeding:  Silicea. 

Ganglion:   Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.  phos. 

Gangrenous  conditions:  Kali  phos. 

Goitre  :   Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Calc.  fluor.,  Natr.  phos. 

Gout:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph. 

Glands,  hardened:   Calc  fluor. 

inflamed:  Ferr. phos. 

scrofulous  infiltration  of:  Kali  -mur. 

sebaceous,  suppurate:  Silicea. 

stony  hard:   Calc.  fluor. 

suppurating:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 

swelling  of :  Kali  mur..  Natr.  phos.,  Silicea. 

ulceration  of:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  sulph. 
Granulations  excessive:   Calc.  sulph. 
Growths,  osseous:   Calc.  fluor. 
Hemorrhages  black:  Kali  mur. 

bright-red :  Ferr.  phos. 

clotted :  Kali  mur. ,  Ferr.  phos. 

dark:  Kali  mur. 

not  coagulating:  Kali  phos. 

septic  and  thin:  Kali  phos. 
Hydrogenoid  constitution:  Natr.  sulph. 
Indurations  :   Calc.  fluor. 
Inflammations,  first  stage:  Ferr.  phos. 

second  stage:  Kali  mur. 

gangrenous:   Silicea. 

malignant:  Silicea. 

sero-purulent  exudations:  Kali  sulph. 

stage  of  exudations:  Kali  mur. 
Injuries,  mechanical:  Ferr.  phos. 

neglected  cases  of:   Calc.  sulph. 
Kernels  and  knots  in  breast:   Calc.  fluor. 
Leucosycosis  :  Natr.  phos. 
Leucaemia:  Natr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos.,  Natr.  sulph.,   Kali  phos., 

Ferr.  phos. 
Malignant  pustules:  Silicea,  Kali  phos. 
Marasmus  :   Calc.  phos. ,  Natr.  phos. 
Mortification  :  Kali  phos. 
Necrosis  of  bone:     Silicea. 
Nodes  on  shin:   Calc.  fluor. 
27 


418  THE  TWELVE  TISSUE  REMEDIES. 

Nutrition  defective  :   Calc.  phos. 

CEdema  :  Natr.  sulph. 

Offensive  discharges  :  Silicea,  Kali  phos. 

Osseous  growths:   Calc.  fliior. 

Ostitis  :  Ferr.  phos. 

Pancreatic  diseases  :   Calc.  phos. 

Phosphatic  diathesis  :   Calc.  phos. 

Polypi :   Calc.  phos. 

soft:  Kali  sulph. 
Proud  flesh  :  Kali  mur.,  Silicea,  Calc.  sulph. 
Putrid  states  :  Kali  phos. 
Pyaemia:  Natr.  sulph. 
Rachitis:   Silicea,  Calc.  phos.,  Kali  phos. 
Ranula:  Natr.  mur. 
Scalds:   Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 
Scrofulosis  :   Natr.  phos.,  Silicea,  Calc.  phos. 
Scurvy:  Kali  mur.,  Kali  phos. 
Secretions,  albuminous:   Calc.  phos. 
fibrinous:  Kali  mur. 
greenish:  Kali  sulph. 
honey -colored:  Natr.  phos. 

irritating:  Kali  phos.,  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
offensive:  Kali  phos. 
purulent:  Kali  sulph.,  Calc.  sulph. 
sanious:   Calc.  sulph. 
serous:  Natr.  mur. 
yellow:  Kali  sulph. 
watery:  Natr.  mur.,  Natr.  sulph. 
Serous  swellings:   Calc.  sulph. 
Spina  bifida  :    Calc.  phos.,  Calc.  jluor. 
Sprains  :  Ferr.  phos. 
Strumous  conditions:  Kali  mur. 
Suppurations,  dirty,  foul:   Kali  phos. 
of  bone :   Calc.  fluor. 
glands:  Silicea. 
in  general:   Calc.  sulph.,  Silicea. 
with  callous  edges:    Calc.  fluor. 
Sycosis:  Natr.  sulph. 
Syphilis  :  Kali  mur. 
Tissues  unhealthy:   Calc.  sulph. 


REPERTORY.  419 

Tumors,  albus:  Silicea,  Calc.  phos. 

blood :   Calc.  fluor. 

encysted:   Calc.  fluor.,  Calc.  sulph. 

of  breast:   Calc.  fluor. 
Ulceration,  indolent:   Calc.  fluor. 

fistulous:  Silicea,  Calc.  fluor. 

of  bone:  Silicea. 

purulent :   Silicea . 

with  proud  flesh:  Silicea,  Calc.  sulph.,  Kali  mur. 
Vaccination,  bad  effects  of:  Kali  mur.,  Silicea. 
Varices:    Calc. fluor.,  Natr.  mur. 
Varicose  veins  in  young  persons:   Ferr.  phos. 
Wasting  diseases  :  Kali  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
Wounds  suppurating  :   Calc.  sulph. 

Modalities. 

Aggravation,  after  rest:  Kali  phos. 

washing  and  working  in  water:   Calc.  sulph.,  Natr.  sulph. 
at  night:  Silicea. 

by  continued  exercise:  Kali  phos. 
exertion:  Kali  phos. 

motion:  Kali  mur.,  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  phos. 
noise:  Kali  phos. 
rising  from  sitting:  Kali  phos. 
during  full  moon:  Silicea. 

thunderstorm:  Natr.  phos. 
from  change  of  weather:   Calc.  phos. 

cold:   Silicea,  Calc.  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 

air:  Kali  phos.,  Magnes.  phos. 
chilling  of  feet:  Silicea. 
eating  fatty  food:  Kali  mur. 
fish:  Natr.  sulph. 
fruit  (diarrhcea):   Calc.  phos. 
rich  food:  Kali  mur. 
salt  plants:  Natr.  sulph. 
getting  wet:   Calc.  phos. 
insect-bites:  Natr.  mur. 
lying  on  left  side:  Natr.  sulph. 
nitrate  of  silver:  Natr.  mur. 
pastry:  Kali  mur. 


420  THE'  TWELVE  TISSUE   REMEDIES. 

Aggravation  from  quinine:  Natr.  mur. 

sea  side:  Natr.  mur. 

suppressed  foot-sweat:  Silicea. 

touch:  Magnes.  phos. 

water:  Natr.  sulph. 

working  and  washing  in  water:   Calc.  sulph. ,  Natr.  sulph. 
in  afternoon  (menses):  Natr.  phos. 

cold  weather:  Natr.  mur. 

damp  weather:   Calc.  fluor.,  Natr.  sulph. 

evening:  Kali  sulph.,  Natr.  phos. 

heated  room:  Kali  sulph. 

morning:  Natr.  mur. 

open  air:  Silicea. 
of  pains  and  itchings,  2  to  5  p.  m.:  Kali  phos. 
on  right  side:  Magnes.  phos. 
periodical:  Natr.  mur. 
when  alone:  Kali  sulph. ,  Kali  phos. 
Amelioration,  by  bending  double:  Magnes.  phos. 

change  of  weather:  Natr.  sulph. 

cold:  Ferr.  phos.,  Calc.  fluor. 

company:  Kali  phos. 

eating :  Kali  phos. 

by  excitement:  Kali  phos. 

fomentations:   Calc.  fluor. 

friction:  Magnes.  phos 

gentle  motion:  Kali  phos. 

heat:  Silicea,  Magnes.  phos. 

lying  down :   Calc.  phos. 

on  something  hard:  Natr.  mur. 

moist  warmth:  Silicea. 

pressure:  Magnes.  phos. 

rubbing:   Calc.  fluor. 

warmth:  Silicea,  Magnes.  phos. 

wrapping  up  head:  Silicea. 
in  cold  open  air:  Kali  sulph. 

warm,  dry  weather:  Natr.  sulph. 

warm  room:  Silicea. 


INDEX. 


Abscess,  138. 
Addison's  disease,  I4r. 
Albuminuria      (kidney     affections), 

234- 

Amenorrhcea  (menstruation),  141. 

Anaemia,  142. 

Aneurism,  144. 

Angina  pectoris,  145. 

Aphonia,  145. 

Aphthae  (mouth,  diseases  of),  251. 

Appetite,    loss   of  (gastric   derange- 
ments), 208. 

Apoplexy  (hemorrhages),  220. 

Arthritis,  145. 

Asthma,   147. 

Atrophy,  149. 

Backache,  150. 

Hites  of  insects,  151. 

Bladder  (urinary  disorders),  312. 

Bones,  diseases  of,  151. 

Brain,  154. 

Brain-fag,  155. 

Bright's  disease  (kidney  affections), 

234. 
Bronchitis,  158. 
Bronchial  patarrh,  158. 
Burns,  159. 
Calcarea  fluorica,  35. 
Calcarea  phosphorica,  41. 
Calcarea  sulphurica,  51. 
Cancer  (tumors),  303. 
Carbuncle  (abscess),  138. 
Catalysis,  31. 
Catarrhal  troubles,  159. 
Cataract  (eye,  diseases  of),  197. 
Chicken  pox,  162. 
Chlorosis  (anaemia),  142. 
Cholera,  162. 
Chorea,  163. 
Clinical  cases — ■ 
abscess,  139. 


Clinical  cases — 

amenorrhcea,  142. 
anaemia,  144. 
arthritis,  146. 
asthma,  148. 
atrophy,  149. 
bones,  diseases  of,  153. 
brain,  154. 
brain-fag,  155. 
bronchitis,  159. 
burns,   159. 

catarrhal  troubles,  161. 
cholera.  163. 
chorea,  163. 
colic,  165. 
constipation,  167. 
cough,  169. 
croup,  170. 
delirium,  171. 
dentition,  172. 
diabetes,  174. 
diarrhoea,  176. 
diphtheria,  178. 
dropsical  affections,  181. 
dysentery,   182. 
dysmenorrhea,   184. 
ear  diseases,  190. 
epilepsy,  194. 
erysipelas,   197. 
exophthalmic  goitre,  197. 
eye  diseases,  202. 
fevers,  simple,  207. 
gastric  derangements,  211. 
glandular  affections,  215. 
gonorrhoea,  220. 
headache,  226. 
hemorrhage,  221. 
hemorrhoids,  223. 
hiccough,  229. 
hydrocele,  230 
hysteria,  231. 


422 


INDEX. 


Clinical  cases — 

intermittent  fever,  234. 

kidneys,  affections  of,  235. 

labor,  237. 

leucorrhcea,  23S. 

liver,  239. 

measles,  242. 

mechanical  injuries,  240. 

meningitis,  243. 

menstruation,  249. 

mental  states,  245. 

mouth  diseases,  252. 

mumps,  253. 

neuralgia,  255. 

paralysis,  262. 

phthisis,  264. 

pleurisy,  266. 

pneumonia,  267. 

puerperal  fever,  268. 

rheumatism,   271. 

rickets,  276. 

scarlatina,  277. 

sciatica,  278. 

skin,  diseases  of,  285. 

sleep,  disturbances  of,  288. 

sore  throat,  290. 

spasms,  291. 

spine,  diseases  of,  294. 

syphilis,  298. 

tonsillitis,  300. 

toothache,  302. 

tumors,  304. 

typhoid  fever,  307. 

typhlitis,  309. 

ulcerations,  3  r  r . 

urinary  disorders,  313. 

veins,  diseases  of,  315. 

vertigo,  316. 

vomiting,  317. 

whooping  cough,  319. 

women,  diseases  of,  323. 

worms,  325. 
Colic,  164. 

Concussion  of  brain,  166. 
Constipation,  166. 

Constituents  of  human  organism,  15. 
Coryza  (catarrhal  troubles),  159. 
Cough,  168. 


Croup,  169. 
Delirium,  170. 
Dentition,  171. 
Diabetes  mellitus,  172. 

note  to,  173. 
Diarrhoea,  174. 
Diphtheria,  177. 
Dizziness,  180. 
Doses,  21. 

Dropsical  affections,  180. 
Dysentery,  182. 
Dysmenorrhea,  183. 
Dyspepsia    (gastric   derangements), 

20S. 
Ear,  diseases  of,  185. 
Eczema  (skin,  diseases  of),  282. 
Enchondroma    (bones,  diseases  of), 

i5T- 
Endocarditis    (heart,    diseases    of), 

227. 
Enuresis  (urinary  disorders),  312. 
Epistaxis  (hemorrhages),  220. 
Epilepsy,  194. 
Erysipelas,  196. 
Exophthalmic  goitre,  197. 
Eye,  diseases  of,  197. 
Ferrum  phosphoricum,  56. 
Fevers,  simple,  207. 
Fistula  in  ano,  208. 
Flatulence    (gastric  derangements), 

208. 
Formation  of  tissue-cells,  17. 
Frequency  of  doses,  27. 
Gall-stones,  208. 
Gastric  derangements,  208. 
General  theory,  14. 
Glandular  affections,  214. 
Goitre,  214. 
Gonorrhoea,  217. 
Gout  (arthritis),  145. 
Headache,  223. 
Health  and  disease,  19. 
Heart,  affections  of,  227. 
Hemorrhage,  220. 
Hemorrhoids,  222. 
Hepatitis  (liver,  diseases  of),  238. 
Hiccough,  229. 
Hip  disease,  229. 


INDEX. 


423 


History  of  the  tissue  remedies,  13. 

Hoarseness,  230. 

Hydrocele,  230. 

Hydrocephalus,  230. 

Hysteria,  231. 

Indigestion  (gastric  derangements), 

208. 
Inflammation  in  general,   159,  232. 
Influenza  (catarrhal   troubles),    232. 
Inorganic  constituents  of  cells,  17. 
Insomnia    (sleep,   disturbances    of), 

287 
Intermittent  fever,  232. 
Jaundice  (liver,  diseases  of),  238. 
Kali  muriaticum,  67. 
Kali  phosphoricum,  75. 
Kali  sulphuricum,  86. 
Kidney  affections,  234. 
'  Labor,  pregnancy,  etc.,  235. 
La  grippe    (catarrhal  troubles),    159, 

232. 
Leucorrhcea,  237. 
Liver,  affections  of,  238. 
Lumbago  (backache),  150. 
Magnesia  phosphorica,  92. 
Magnesia  phos.,  in  neuralgia,  260. 
Marasmus,  149. 
Materia  Medica,  35. 
Measles,  242. 
Mechanical  injuries,  239. 
Meningitis,  243. 
Menstruation,  242. 
Mental  states,  243. 
Metritis  (women,   diseases  of),  235, 

320. 
Miscarriage    (women,    diseases    of), 

235- 
Morning  sickness  (women,  diseases 

of),  235. 
Morphine  habit,  250. 
Mouth  (diseases  of),  251. 
Mucous  membranes,  252. 
Mumps,  253. 
Natrum  muriaticum,  99. 
Natrum  phosphoricum,  112. 
Natrum  sulphuricum,  120. 
Nephralgia    (kidneys,    diseases    of), 

234- 


Nephritis,  (kidneys,  diseases  of), 234. 

Neuralgia,  253. 

Neurasthenia  (see  brain  fag),  155. 

Qjdema  of  lungs,  261. 

Ophthalmia  (eye,  diseases  of),  197. 

Orchitis,  261. 

Otalgia  (ear,  diseases  of),  185. 

Otitis  (ear,  diseases  of),  185. 

Ozaena  (catarrhal  troubles),  159. 

Palpitation  (heart,  diseases  of),  227. 

Paralysis,  262. 

Pharyngitis  (sore  throat),  289. 

Phthisis  pulmonum,  263. 

Phytolacca  analysis,  31. 

Pleurisy,  264. 

Pneumonia,  267. 

Preface,  3. 

first  edition,  5. 

second  edition,  7. 

third  edition,  9. 
Preparation  and  dose,  26. 
Pregnancy,  235. 
Prosopalgia  (neuralgia),  253. 
Pruritis  (skin,  diseases  of),  282. 
Puerperal  fever,  268. 
Relations  of  Biochemic  and  Homoeo- 
pathic treatment,  28. 
Repertory,  327. 

mental  states  and  affections,  327. 

head,  sensorium,  and  scalp,  331. 

eyes,  338. 

ears,  344. 

face,  353. 

mouth,  357. 

nose,  349. 

tongue  and  taste,  360. 

teeth  and  gums,  363. 

throat,  365. 

gastric,  369. 

abdomen  and  stool,  374. 

urinary  symptoms,  380. 

male  sexual  organs,  383. 

female  sexual  organs,  385. 

pregnancy  and  labor,  389. 

respiratory  organs,  390. 

circulatory  organs,  395. 

back  and  extremities,  396. 

nervous  symptoms,  403. 


424 


INDEX. 


Repertory — 

sleep  and  dreams,  406. 

febrile  symptoms,  408. 

skin,  410. 

tissues,  414. 

modalities,  419. 
Retinitis  (eye,  diseases  of),  197. 
Reynaud's  disease,  268. 
Rheumatism,  268. 
Rickets,  275. 
Scarlatina,  276. 

Scrofula  and  tuberculosis,  279. 
Schiissler's  own  procedure,  26 
Sciatica,  277. 
Septicaemia,  281. 
Silicea,  129. 
Skin,  diseases  of,  282. 
Sleep,  disturbances  of,  287. 
Smallpox,  289. 
Sore  throat,  289. 

Stomatitis  (mouth,  diseases  of),  251. 
Spasms,  convulsions,  etc.,  291. 
Spine,  diseases  of,  293. 
Spinal  irritation,  295. 
Spinal  meningitis,  296. 
Spermatorrhoea,  296. 
St.  Vitus'  dance  (chorea),  163. 
Sunstroke,  297. 
Syphilis,  298. 
Table,  remedies,  29,  31. 


Table  of  contents,  11. 
Teething  (dentition),  171. 
Testicles,  diseases  of,  299. 
Therapeutical  application,  13S. 
Theory  of  Schiissler's  method,  15. 
Tinnitus   aurium    (ear,   diseases  of), 

185. 
Tissue-building,  16. 
Tongue,  298. 
Tonsillitis,  300. 
Toothache,  302. 
Tuberculosis,  279. 
Tumors,  303. 
Typhoid  fever,  307. 
Typhus  fever,  308. 
Typhlitis,  309. 
Ulcers  and  ulcerations,  310. 
Urinary  disorders,  312. 
Vaccination,  314. 
Veins,  diseases  of,  315. 
Vertigo,  315. 
Vomiting,  316. 

Warts  (skin,  diseases  of),  282. 
Writer's  cramp,  318 
Whitlow  (abscess),  138. 
Whooping  cough,  318. 
Women,  diseases  of,  320. 
Worms,  325. 
Yellow  fever,  326. 


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